Business & Industry – Page 55

November 22, 2011

ACA Lists Creators Who Are Owed Money

The Authors Coalition of America has posted lists of copyright holders who may be owed royalty monies from non-U.S. sources. (Thanks to the NPPA site for the link.)

Business & Industry

November 17, 2011

Funding for Women Media Entrepreneurs

J-Lab is awarding grants to women with an entrepreneurial idea to the tune of $12,000. Got a brilliant new media idea? Check out the guidelines and apply by Jan. 27, 2012. From the release: Washington, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has been awarded $250,000 from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight innovative women-led news...

At Work/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 15, 2011

NPPA Grant Winners Announced

Congratulations to Victor J. Blue, Gabriela Busilova, Mary F. Calvert, Matt Eich, and Mark Ovaska who have all won a $3,000 grant to continue work on stories from the National Press Photographers Association.

Business & Industry/Competitions/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 15, 2011

Imagining a Non-imaging Kodak

A little late on this … and that’s a terrible headline, too. But last week, Kodak sold off its Image Sensor Solutions business to an equity firm for, supposedly, $200 million. Which means that Kodak no longer manufactures or sells anything that actually records an image outside of some film stocks. How did this happen?

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 15, 2011

The Need for Photo Editors

National Press Photographers Association President Sean Elliot wrote in a recent edition of News Photographer about the need for photo editors and a dangerous trend that seems to be spreading – the laying off of them. His column is now on the NPPA web site and worth a read.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 10, 2011

Penn State Students Flip a News Van

From CNN … the van gets flipped about 20 seconds in … The outrage directed at the media up there is pretty staggering.

At Work/Business & Industry/Video

November 8, 2011

First Tim Hetherington Grant Winner Announced

Photo District News has a story up reporting that Stephen Ferry has received the first Tim Hetherington Grant to continue work on his project, Violentology: A Manual of the Columbian Conflict. There were 222 applicants, according to the story. Hetherington was killed in Libya earlier this year.

At Work/Business & Industry/Competitions

November 4, 2011

Revisiting Life at 75

NPR has a story up looking back at Life magazine’s first issue as it’s 75th anniversary comes up. There’s a new book, too, looking back called 75 Years: The Very Best of Life. Think I’ll be ordering a book tonight …

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 3, 2011

Next NPPA Visual Student Chat on Networking

FYI … All through your life, you’ve been told that who you know is just as important as what you know. But how do you find those people to know? For starters, it’s more than handing out business cards at a conference. On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. the NPPA will host its next Student Chat on the Visual...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

November 3, 2011

Why I Won’t Do Weddings …

According to a New York Times article by Joesph Berger (reproduced at MSNBC.com), one Todd J. Remis of Manhattan is suing H&H Photographers because he is not happy with the photos from his wedding. Which took place in 2003. And ended in a separation in 2008. Then a divorce in 2010. Mr. Remis is demanding the wedding photographers pay $48,000...

Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory

Visual Journalism

Category: Business & Industry

ACA Lists Creators Who Are Owed Money

Funding for Women Media Entrepreneurs

NPPA Grant Winners Announced

Imagining a Non-imaging Kodak

The Need for Photo Editors

Penn State Students Flip a News Van

First Tim Hetherington Grant Winner Announced

Revisiting Life at 75

Next NPPA Visual Student Chat on Networking

Why I Won’t Do Weddings …