Category: Business & Industry

January 4, 2015

Happy Birthday, AP Wirephoto

The Associated Press’ Wirephoto service debuted on New Year’s Day in 1935, making it a young 80 years old. I remember the first time I used a first-generation Leafax transmitter … it was awesome, but slow. When the Boston bureau trained me on the IIId version I was in heaven – so much faster. Still not sure how we toned...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 29, 2014

White House News Photographers Association’s Student Competition

The White House News Photographers Association’s annual student competition is now accepting entries. There is a small fee ($25) to enter the Eyes of History contest, but you could get your work seen by the top photojournalists and editors around the country.

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism

December 23, 2014

We’ve Lost Jane Bown

A long-time British photojournalist with an emphasis on portraiture, Jane Bown’s style was clear and concise. Well worth studying. Jane was very reluctant to explain how she worked – her favourite mantra was “photographers should neither be seen nor heard”. But this did not mean that she would not emerge from the margins if the situation demanded it. A Robin...

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 18, 2014

BREAKING NEWS: NPPA Moving to UGA

I’ve been waiting a long time to announce this … the National Press Photographers Association is moving its national headquarters to the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Take a deep breath and think about that for a moment. If you’re here reading this, you probably have had some contact with Grady...

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

December 17, 2014

NPPA Northern Short Course – March 12-14

Registration is open for the National Press Photographers Association’s Northern Short Course, this year scheduled to run March 12-14 just outside of Washington, D.C. I got my start at an NPPA event and still, a quarter century later, look forward to the inspiration and camaraderie.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

December 15, 2014

Crowdfunding, from Behind the Scenes

I’m over at PBS’ MediaShift today talking about how we crowdfunded our fall workshop. Still amazed at both the support and the work the kids did in October.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

December 12, 2014

We’ve Lost Michel du Cille

The news came out late yesterday – three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michel du Cille died of an apparent heart attack while on assignment for the Washington Postin Liberia. He was 58. At the bottom of that story are links to his work – spend time with them. There has always been an intimacy to his work, a humaneness to it...

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 11, 2014

I Should Have Run …

In July of 1985, photojournalist John Harte made an image that is still discussed in photojournalism ethics classes of a family identifying a drowned boy’s body. It turns out, that wasn’t the only controversial image he made that day – his editors spiked a photo from a bikini contest at the same park due to concerns over how many phone...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

December 10, 2014

Is Livestreaming Journalism?

It may seem like a strange question, but New York Magazine has a piece up that asks if livestreaming is the future of journalism or activism. I don’t have an answer, but I have some thoughts on this. And my thought is … no. Livestreaming is not journalism. Perhaps it is news reporting, but I don’t think it is journalism....

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

December 7, 2014

Stephen Crowley On Covering Politics

PDNOnline’s David Walker talked with The New York Times’ Stephen Crowley about his work covering Washington politics. When asked what fascinates him about the topic, he answered: It’s the sport of kings. You have teams, you have strong players and weak players and trades, and schemes. It’s always a story. And it’s a vocation you can do that actually benefits...

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