At Work – Page 36 – Visual Journalism

January 14, 2008

Guest Speaker Jim Stovall – Thursday, Jan. 24, 11 a.m.

Professor Jim Stovall will describe the Tennessee Journalist, the student news web site he created at the University of Tennessee. Prof. Stovall was the brainchild behind Dateline Alabama and runs JProf.com, as well. He’ll be here to talk with us about student news web sites and is a jack-of-all-codes, so to speak, and can help us think about what we’re...

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January 12, 2008

"Through the Lens of Loss"

Mark Saxenmeyer, from the Chicago Fox affiliate, has posted a “director’s cut” of a story that aired in December looking at photographers who work with the families of critically ill children. It’s not photojournalism, but it certainly is documentary photography.

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January 11, 2008

Lumix Festival for Young Fotojournalism 2008

Passing this along … looks like we could submit up to three packages/essays for consideration. From the 18th till the 21st of June 2008 the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover organizes in cooperation with the German organization of photojournalists FreeLens the Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism on the expo area in Hannover. Photography students and young professionals from...

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January 7, 2008

The TRUE story of Dixville Notch

Okay, we should not be proud of this story of the press manipulating time for their own means … but it’s a great story. Bill Greene at the Boston Globe takes a look at how Dixville Notch, N.H., garnered its “first in the nation” reputation for primary voting. For what it’s worth, I did the Dixville Notch shoot for Agence...

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December 26, 2007

Sports Shooter Academy V – March 5-9

Passing this along … I’ve heard from several people that this is well worth your time and money to attend … SPORTS SHOOTER ACADEMY V SET FOR MARCH 5 – 9, 2008 Sports Shooter Academy V will be held March 5-9, 2008 in Orange County, California. This hands-on, 5-day shooting workshop will have the “best schedule of events ever,” according...

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December 18, 2007

Stand Ups

Robert Capa said, “If you’re pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” I guess that may not apply to television news … [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chKKm-IWgQ&rel=1]

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December 18, 2007

How To Publish When There's No Power

After the ice and snow storms that blew through the midwest last week, a lot of smaller publications were left in the dark. With no power in their offices, and possible no access to their presses, how were they supposed to get the news out? Several papers picked up everything and headed home where they had power and continued to...

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December 5, 2007

Internship: NYTimes.com

If you’ve got your multimedia skills up to snuff, the New York Times wants you.

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November 29, 2007

Offline for a Few Days

I’ll be at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar for the next two days. If something big happens, I’m sure you’ll find out about it. Full report when I return.

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November 28, 2007

Internship: Washington Times

FYI … Summer Photo Intern – The Washington Times Washington, D.C., is the place to be this summer as candidatesrace to the White House. The Washington Times is a metro daily located in the District ofColumbia, with an award-winning photo staff. We are nowaccepting applications for our summer internship program. Ourcoverage, which centers on national political trends, stressesthoughtful, analytical long-term...