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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...

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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.

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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).

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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?

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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,...

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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...

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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.)

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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...

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January 18, 2013

New WordPress.com Photo Themes

If you are using WordPress.com to host your photo site, life just got a little better for you as they have introduced some new themes aimed at photographers. If you’re not self-hosting, this is a good option to explore.

Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 17, 2013

How Another Portion Rolls

I read a lot of stuff, some of it far afield of the journalism realm. One of my favorites is Life of an Architect, where owner Bob Borson has let architectural photographer Brad Feinknopf talk about what it takes to shoot buildings. Don’t complain about the cost of gear in photojournalism …

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Visual Journalism

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