May 6, 2010 Again, Stock Photos Can Be Bad Sometimes, it’s hard to decide between funny and sad. (Thanks to The Online Photographer for the link.) Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal
May 6, 2010 Selling Newspapers’ History, One Print at a Time Interesting read over on Chicago Reader about what happened to the Chicago Sun-Times’ photo library – and why parts of it are showing up on eBay. One of the most horrific stories I ever heard was about an editor at a paper who was tired of all the space the photo library was taking up so she ordered the staff... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism
May 5, 2010 Tips for the Newly Self-employed It is that time of year again. There’s a warmth in the air (known mostly as humidity) and a spring in the students’ steps (mostly from nervous bouncing). It is also the time I get lots of visits from students wondering what the heck they’re supposed to do next. Beth Farrar, a recent and successful grad, posted a link earlier... Categories Business & Industry
May 2, 2010 Reflecting on the Kent State Shooting John Filo is a name not many know, but everyone recognizes the photo – a woman, distraught, hovers over the body of a dead student on the Kent State University campus, shot by National Guard troops during a protest against the war in Southeast Asia on May 4, 1970. Filo is talking about the image as the 40th anniversary comes... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism
April 28, 2010 NPR on Dorothea Lange Linda Gordon has published a new book on Dorothea Lange, one of the Farm Securities Administration’s photographers from the 1930s whose iconic “Migrant Mother” photo has haunted and informed us for decades. National Public Radio had a segment interviewing her this morning and has posted an excerpt from the new book, Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, which I’ll be... Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism
April 27, 2010 More Doctored Photos I want to make a crack about stenciling the old journalism aphorism, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out” onto newsroom walls, but so few people are actually working in newsrooms it wouldn’t make sense to do it. Maybe we can have it embedded into the background of content management systems? Maybe have it pop up like... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal
April 25, 2010 Carolyn Carter, Pioneering Photojournalist and Grady Alum, Passes at 91 Last week, Carolyn Carter passed away at the age of 91. Mrs. Carter was the first female photojournalist at the Atlanta Constitution and was an award winning photojournalist. She and her husband, Don, founded the Carter Chair for Journalism Excellence at Grady College in 2004. Her importance to the University of Georgia campus won’t ever be truly measurable, but please... Categories Business & Industry
April 22, 2010 Building Your Business Model Steve Myers has a great post up over on the Poynter Institute’s site about ways for journalists to think like business folks. Spend some time on it, then spend a lot of time figuring out how to implement it. As it’s graduation season and the “staff” job market is still pretty slack, a lot of students will be heading into... Categories Business & Industry
April 20, 2010 One Moment in May The New York Times is … well … crowd sourcing a photo story. Yep, on May 2, at 11 a.m. local (to them) time, they’re asking people to shoot a photo of their world and send it in. One side of me thinks this is pretty crass – the Times looking for free content – and the other side of... Categories Business & Industry
April 9, 2010 So Tempted … I get a lot of email from folks looking to “hire” my students. Some are legitimate and turn into good opportunities, but most … well, most fall into a category that I would, at best, describe as vile. The most recent example: Wedding Photography Assistants Needed! Hi Photography and Journalism Professors! Can you please post this to your photography listserv,... Categories Business & Industry