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September 13, 2011

New Skills for the Modern Storyteller

Stanley Leary put up a nice compilation of the skills now being asked for in job descriptions for photographers. To me, there is nothing surprising in the job listings – it’s an evolution that’s been going on for the last decade or so. But the key thing he points out is that, regardless of the skill set, being able to...

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September 9, 2011

Ten Years Later

Thomas E. Franklin made one of the iconic images from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of three fire fighters raising a flag amidst the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center. To mark the tenth anniversary of that horrible day, he has put together a short documentary that talks to several of the photojournalists who were there that day....

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September 8, 2011

Finding Your Audience

All of the students in our (recently renamed) Visual Journalism emphasis are required to have a blog set up AND to post to it on a regular basis. Their target audience, though, is me. I read it, I critique it and I comment on it. The hope is that they’re sharing it with others, in which case this post by...

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September 4, 2011

Prepping for a Career or Prepping for Life

Every now and then I have to remind the students in my photojournalism courses that I am not there to make them into photojournalists, that I am not giving them career training. They look confused until I remind them that the purpose of a university education is not to get you a job, but to make you into a productive...

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September 1, 2011

Sure, I’d Love to Volunteer, But Let Me Ask You This …

Emails, I get emails. And phone calls, too. Sometimes letters, but not often. Mostly emails. Dear Prof. Johnson, We are holding a banquet/function/event next week and would like to provide your students with an opportunity for experience in shooting this. We think it will be a great opportunity for them to learn more about photojournalism. While we can’t pay, we...

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August 31, 2011

More Advice for Journalism Students

Mindy McAdams, the Flash Goddess (she likes to be called that, or so she says), has a post up on what students need to do to land that first job. Good advice for the kids and those looking to move onto other digs – first you must do stuff, then you must do it well.

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August 31, 2011

Sacrificing Himself, Larry Price Stands Up for Quality

Pulitzer Prize winner Larry Price has resigned as Director of Photography for the Dayton Daily News. Price had been asked to cut his staff and decided he couldn’t do it, according to a story in the Dayton Business Journal.

Business & Industry

August 26, 2011

Photo Cred

Not so much about credibility as credentials (though those things are more closely tied together than you’d expect). The National Press Photographers Association has posted on how to get media credentials. Good info there, I get lots of questions on this from students and folks just starting out.

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August 26, 2011

Want A Job?

Then you need some skills, so you should take some classes and then learn some more stuff on your own. What sort of stuff? Take a look at this ad for an interactive designer at MediaStorm: Description The Interactive Designer will: Design websites and interactive applications Create graphics for world-class multimedia pieces Create marketing products for web, broadcast and print...

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August 25, 2011

Nothing Lasts Forever, Except for What You Make

Here’s a weird pairing of readings for your lunch hour … Scott Bourne over at Going Pro is talking about changes, things disappearing and what will last forever. Which, according to him, is not your business but what it produces. There’s some comfort in that. And once you’ve pondered that, take a run through Jonathan Blaustein’s tale of his visit...

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