At Work – Page 32 – Visual Journalism

March 22, 2009

Building Your Web Site

Over on the Photopreneur site is a post on “How to Catch a Photo Editor’s Eye.” While not aimed at the journalism realm, there is a lot of good info in there – particularly on letting the images shine, not the web site. Personally, I think Flash is a fantastic tool for interactive design. But it can also be slow...

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March 21, 2009

Juggling on Assignment

Adam Westbrook, a reporter for a British radio station, talks about balancing the needs of audio, stills and video while on assignment. (Thanks to Koci at Multimedia Shooter for the link.)

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March 14, 2009

Gear Guides

We’re getting close to that time of the year, the time when many of my students will start fretting about graduating. And it’s not so much the Becoming a Real Person Dilemma as it is what do I need to buy? I say it often – we do a great thing here at UGA in providing gear to our students....

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March 10, 2009

UGA PJ Alumni on Verve Photo

Kendrick Brinson, a 2005 UGA PJ alumni, is the current featured photographer on Verve Photo’s New Breed of Documentary Photographers project.

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March 10, 2009

Networking to Survive

Over on BlogHer, Kim Pearson has a piece up on, “Survival Tips for Journalists in the New News Economy.” Two of her main ideas – that everyone is now a potential entrepreneur and that networking matters – are things students can easily latch on to and do something about.

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March 5, 2009

Weekend Workshop Round Table Talks

As part of this year’s Photojournalism Weekend Workshop, we’re going to have a few informal round-table discussions on issues the editors and our students are wrestling with. The schedule is below and all of these will be held in the Photojournalism Lab (room 130 of Grady College). If you’re around and want to sit in, you’re more than welcome to...

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February 27, 2009

Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Manali, India

Passing this along … I wanted to let you and your students know about the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop that will be held this year in Manali, India in July. The workshop is intended for PJ students and young professionals who want experience with international reportage. Students are expected to work independently on a story under the guidance of their teachers....

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February 12, 2009

New York Times Multimedia Internship

Picked up off of Drew Vigal’s Twitter feed: The New York Times is looking for multimedia interns.

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February 10, 2009

UGA PJer Takes the Nikon Shootout

For the second time in three years, a UGA-trained photojournalist has won the Nikon Shootout at the Southern Short Course in News Photography. Josh Weiss, a 2008 graduate, won the live-shooting competition this past weekend in Charlotte. (Kelly Wegel won it in 2007.) Weiss is currently on staff at the Gwinnett Daily Post.

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January 28, 2009

Southern Short Course in News Photography

The Southern Short Course in News Photography is coming up quickly – next week in Charlotte, N.C. See me about going and we’ll help group folks to head up.

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Category: At Work

Building Your Web Site

Juggling on Assignment

Gear Guides

UGA PJ Alumni on Verve Photo

Networking to Survive

Weekend Workshop Round Table Talks

Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Manali, India

New York Times Multimedia Internship

UGA PJer Takes the Nikon Shootout

Southern Short Course in News Photography