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August 11, 2011

The White House and the Pentagon At Odds Over Photo Coverage

Interesting piece moved by the Associated Press about an apparent conflict and/or miscommunication between the White House and the Pentagon about photos from Dover Air Force Base of the returning of the remains of the 30 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. While the White House released the photo, the AP stuck to its policy of not moving hand-out photos from situations...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 9, 2011

Raising Rates Without Raising Ire

Freelancing is a tough gig – on your own, no security, no safety net. But it’s also a reality for more and more journalists. Getting in is hard, getting a few good clients is hard, but once you do, how do you keep growing your revenues? Over at FreelanceSwitch, James Clear has three quick tips on how to raise your...

At Work/Business & Industry

August 9, 2011

Are YOU Backed Up?

If you’re on staff somewhere, you have an automatic YOU back-up. If you don’t show up for work*, there’s (hopefully) someone else who will take care of what you were supposed to do. But what if you’re a freelancer? Skip Cohen writes over at GoingPro about having a backup for yourself. We photojournalists carry back-up cameras, lenses, cards, hard drives,...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory

August 6, 2011

When to Walk Away From a Client

Debbie Swanson has a quick, five-point guide to deciding when it’s time to fire a client over at Freelance Switch. I know, I know … in times like these, should you ever walk away from a paying client? The answer, of course, is yes. Look at her five points, all of them are valid reasons for closing the door on...

Business & Industry

August 5, 2011

Staying Motivated

Times are hard out there – but you know that already, don’t you? Over on the Poynter Institute’s site the other day was a chat session with Manny Garcia, executive editor and general manager of El Nuevo Herald about how you stay fired up, how you draw inspiration. Worth going through the transcript. (And, yes, I’m aware I’m Poynter-heavy of...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

August 4, 2011

Thrifty Photography

Neat article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy about Jenna Isaacson, a laid-off photojournalist who put together a grant from Goodwill and donations from a Kickstarter campaign to take on a project of visiting thrift stores in 32 states. Between the two funding sources, she raised about $14,000 to rent an RV and travel across the country to tell the story...

Business & Industry/Good Work

August 3, 2011

Internship Opp in New Jersey

I’m a little concerned about the “stipend” mentioned in this, but the opportunity to work for and/or with Ed Kashi is pretty tempting. Talking Eyes Media is looking for two interns to work three days a week out of their offices in Montclair, N.J. One position is a production intern, the other a research intern. (Thanks to Stanley Leary for...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

August 2, 2011

Charges Dropped Against News Photographer in Suffolk County

Well, that didn’t take long … the Long Island Press is reporting that Suffolk County police have dropped the charges against Phil Datz who was arrested after videotaping police from a public space on Friday. Commissioner Richard Dormer said in a statement Monday that there is an internal review of the incident and all officers will undergo media relations refresher...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 2, 2011

Making Your Job Application Stand Out

Just stumbled over this while checking a link in the last post … Charles Apple will be doing a live chat over at the Poynter Institute at 3 p.m. (Eastern) on making job applications more visual. Apple, if you don’t know him, is the former design director for the Virginian Pilot, one of the best designed papers in the country...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Graphic Design/Journalism

August 1, 2011

Funding Photojournalism: The Manufacturers Step Up

Interesting piece by Olivier Laurent over at the British Journal of Photography on camera manufacturers that are stepping beyond just supplying equipment and into funding major projects. Canon and Nikon have, for years, had a small group of very prominent photographers that they supported, usually with equipment and heightened level of technical support. Sometimes those agreements are with an agency...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

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