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January 14, 2016

Two Views Talk

File this under local events to Athens … my dear friend Billy Weeks will be doing a talk on Tuesday, February 16, about Gordon Parks at our Special Collections library. Why be there? It’s Gordon Parks, what other reason would you need? The only better reason is because it’s Billy Weeks a two-time winner of the Gordon Parks International Photography...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

January 4, 2016

LUMIX Photojournalism Festival Awards

Another opportunity for students … the FREENESS Award for this year’s LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalists.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

January 4, 2016

NPPF Scholarships

The National Press Photographers Foundation is now taking applications for their 2016 scholarships. Application deadline is March 1 for each of the $2,000 awards.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

December 10, 2015

Why Some Lenses Cost $1,799

We are at that point in the year where a bunch of kids are turning in their gear and need to go buy their own. It’s a wonderful support system we have here, but it also shelters them from understanding the costs of this stuff. Which means when they finally wander over to one of the online retailers and start...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 30, 2015

Giving Back From What Was Taken

This … this is why I love photojournalists: Yunghi Kim announced in a private Facebook group last week that she was creating ten, one-time grants of $1,000 each to support independent photojournalists. Where did the funds come from? From money she recouped from copyright infringements. You probably can’t enter (unless you were already part of the online group), but that’s...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

November 30, 2015

Deadlines Today – NPPA Elections, ViewFind Grants

Up first, elections for the National Press Photographers Association’s board of directors and regional chairs ends tonight at 11:59 – log in to your NPPA account, read the bios and vote. Also with a deadline today are the ViewFind grants for stories about race – there are four grants, each worth $5,000 available.

Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

November 23, 2015

Remembering Dickey Chapelle

The first time I head her name was in a song. But it was enough for me to search out more information on Dickey Chapelle. Now, 50 years after she was killed, few know who she is as Jackie Spinner reports at the Columbia Journalism Review. That should really change.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 10, 2015

Missouri Update: Dean’s Statement

Dean David Kurpius from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism has released a statement regarding Monday’s incident. Also, for clarification, Assistant Professor Melissa Click, featured in several videos confronting journalists, is not a faculty member in the Missouri School of Journalism. She is a member of the MU Department of Communication in the College of Arts and Science. In...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

November 10, 2015

Missouri Update, NPPA Statement

The National Press Photographers Association has issued a statement on the situation at the University of Missouri. At the end of the video linked to yesterday is a woman calling for some “muscle” to remove a reporter – she is Melissa Click, an assistant professor in the Department of Communications at the university. Click also holds a “courtesy” appointment with...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

November 6, 2015

Do You Work For Free? Why Do You Want Me To?

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Visual Journalism

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