March 17, 2008 Job Opening Those soon to depart Athens looking for photo work, drop me a note – one of our alums has an opening at her paper. (Don’t want to post it all here to keep her boss form being spammed.) Categories At Work/Business & Industry
March 15, 2008 Photo Booths The New York Times has a story and video about photo booths and their transition from chemical to digital. Interesting and entertaining. Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia
March 13, 2008 Bad Photo Deals There are some things that just make me ill. Over on a Flickr forum, Boston Magazine – the highly profitable magazine that’s aimed at affluent readers – is claiming they’re too poor to hire a photographer, but will give credit to whoever they rip-off … Thankfully, the comments are taking them to task, but I bet they’ll get their free... Categories Business & Industry
February 28, 2008 REPOST: "Breaking News" – Lecture TODAY This morning, I filled the Drewry Room with an exhibition from the Associated Press that looks at their history. Tied into their book “Breaking News: How the Associated Press has Covered War, Peace and Everything Else,” the show will be up until Friday, February 29. Additionally, at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 28, Michael Giarrusso, the AP’s Regional News Director... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry
February 14, 2008 The Speed of News I spent time working for the wires (Associated Press and Agence France-Presse) and did enough newspaper night coverage to have pushed deadlines as much as the next guy. I remember waiting for a lower-office candidate to concede one night in Providence, R.I., so we could get the governor to come out and celebrate his win. That little twerp, down by... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 13, 2008 Is This New Media Stuff Important? Got an email from one of our big supporters, Mike Haskey at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. As to why this is important……..you may tell your students that we recently filled a staff photographer opening with a local TV videographer who also has a PJ degree. I was only able to fill the position because of his “hybrid” skills. We had plenty... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry
February 12, 2008 (Not) Instant Death – Polaroid's In Trouble This has been coming for quite some time, I suppose, but Polaroid – the company that invented the instant camera – is laying off 450 workers, shuttering factories and will cease production of all instant films. Many readers here will scratch their heads and wonder why this matters. Film’s dead, right? Probably, or at least gasping for air on a... Categories Business & Industry/Tech Talk
February 7, 2008 The Capital Times Moves to the Web Two stories about The Capital Times, a 17,000 circulation paper in Madison, Wisc., shutting down their daily editions and moving to a twice a week tabloid and, primarily, the web. Their explanation. The NPPA’s story. Categories Business & Industry
January 31, 2008 South Carolina News Photographers Association Conference – Feb. 9-10 The SCNPA is having their judging and conference next week in Anderson, S.C. That’s about a 90 minute drive, a great opportunity to meet some folks who can get you jobs. Why wouldn’t you take a Saturday and/or Sunday drive? Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions
January 31, 2008 On Blogging Rusty Bailey sent along a link to a comic about two folks who decided to get away from the ‘net for a bit. (Yes, we can blog anything. But should we?) Categories Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory