Category: Business & Industry

August 8, 2013

NPPA Short Grant Deadline is Monday

A reminder that the deadline for the National Press Photographers Association’s 2013 Short Grants is on Monday, August 12. There are six, $3,000 grants up for grabs.

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

August 5, 2013

Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post

Stunning news – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has bought the Washington Post for $250 million. Note that it’s Bezos and not Amazon.com. I’m … speechless.

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism

July 29, 2013

Tumblr Shuts Down a Blog – for Copyright Violations

It warms my heart that Tumblr is taking copyright violations seriously and shutting down blogs with multiple violations. The tone of this Dan Lyons piece on HupSpot, though, has me concerned – it almost becomes a defense of the violator. Here’s the law: If I create something, I own it. You, no matter who you are, cannot use it unless...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 26, 2013

NPPA Short Grants Now Taking Applications

From the release: The National Press Photographers Association is pleased to announce the 2013 Short Grants program, six grants of $3,000 each that will be awarded to support photojournalists who are creating compelling picture stories in their communities. The grant is designed for funding projects small enough in scale that the bulk of the work can be accomplished in two...

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

July 24, 2013

Crowdsource THIS!

If I were to ever depart academia, one of my first stops would be the Chicago Tribune because I really want to work with Alex Garcia. Today, on his Assignment Chicago blog, he put together a grid of about 300 photos the staff there shot. Last week. Yep, just one week’s worth of images. Go look, go read. You can’t...

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

July 24, 2013

The Ten Most Expensive Photographs

I … well … I don’t get art. There’s just no other way to deal with it for me – what gets collected doesn’t make any sense to me. Take a look at Gizmodo’s collection of the ten highest priced photographs and let me know what you think. (Thanks to Mickey Osterreicher for the link.)

Categories Business & Industry

July 23, 2013

How to Market Yourself

Second in a series by Deb Pang Davis on the National Press Photographers Association’s site on branding and marketing yourself is now online. Love that she’s starting with the core: While strong design helps to convey credibility, trust and professionalism, spending a boat-load of money on a logo, a swanky portfolio case or a custom book won’t get you clients...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Photojournalism

July 13, 2013

More Visions Silenced

I’ve known about this one for a few weeks as one of my friends was involved – Southern Community Newspapers decided last month to let their photography staffs go at all of their papers. One was converted to a videographer, but that’s it. With a few poorly phrased keystrokes, the vision of several communities was wiped out. Blinded by a...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 13, 2013

The Sound of a Generation Goes Silent

This isn’t about photojournalism or even journalism, I suppose, but it touches me a bit: Amar G. Bose, the founder of the Bose Corporation, has passed at 83. When I was growing up in Massachusetts, everyone revered Bose for the high quality, realistic speakers they made. Their 901 Direct/Reflecting series speakers were an aspirational item for everyone I knew and,...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

July 10, 2013

Watch Your Gear

Michael Zhang has a post, with video, up over at PetaPixel about camera gear being stolen from someone’s neck. Watch it closely – who ends up with the lens?

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk