February 4, 2013 “Go Away to See Who You Become” Great interview by David Walker with the legendary Jorl Meyerowitz over at PDNOnline. Make sure you read both part one and the second part, where the above quote comes from. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 3, 2013 The Good from One Photo We see the bad sides of people an awful lot in journalism. Sometimes, though, you get to see the good. (Thanks to Mark Hertzberg for the link.) Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 2, 2013 Video That Matters Every spring, I teach a course titled Documentary Photography and, the lest few iterations, I’ve felt a little funny with that name. It’s now about half photography and half video storytelling, because that’s what my kids need. Depending on which conference you head to and what pundit has tweeted most recently, you either believe in video our you don’t. There... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
February 2, 2013 Street-side Execution, 43 Years Ago Yesterday marked the 45th anniversary of Eddie Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Col. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong suspect in the middle of a Saigon street. The Newseum has a short video clip of Adams talking about the image. Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
January 31, 2013 NPPA Tuition Grants Yes, another National Press Photographers Association-related post … the NPPA has a tuition grant program for professional still photographers. The grants can help pros attend some of the events the organization puts on, such as the upcoming Northern Short Course (one of my personal favorites). Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Competitions/Photojournalism
January 29, 2013 NPPF Scholarships Yep, the National Press Photographers Foundation has college scholarships for students returning to class next fall. There is no cost to apply, so why not? Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 28, 2013 Captions Matter One graf in this NPR piece by Coburn Dukehart says it all. “I understand the poignancy of capturing a moment,” she says. “Photography is incredibly powerful when used appropriately, and all I am saying is, how about a little respect? Say who you are and get out of the bushes.” Journalism is about people. It’s all, and only, and absolutely,... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 24, 2013 White House Internship Deadlines Coming Up The internship application deadline for the White House’s fall 2013 session is coming up very quickly – Jan. 28, to be precise. While these are unpaid internships, it’s a tremendous opportunity to see what happens behind the scenes and network with a lot of very high-level people. Were I young again, I would totally go for this. Regardless of your... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
January 24, 2013 Why Networking Matters Does it pay to know people? In this industry, absolutely. Most recent example: How student Ryan Jones ended up in the room as ESPN interviewed Manti Te’o last week. (Thanks to colleague Prof. Vicki Michaelis for the link.) Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 22, 2013 Fact From Fiction Markham Nola, the managing editor of Storyful.com, talks about how his organization uses online and social media tools to verify the authenticity of breaking news event reports from unknown sources. Some excellent ideas on how to cross-reference information to verify it. Is this a better system then having known reporters, with known agendas, on the scene? Probably not – but... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk