August 17, 2008 David Burnett at the Olympics His take on the mid-way point of covering the games, as much introspection as reflection. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism
August 13, 2008 "Aloft" David L. Ryan Talks About Shooting from the Air (and not about bigfoot, alicia sacramone or ricky berens) Boston Globe photojournalist David L. Ryan has long been known for his aerial photography, and now there’s an audio slide show of him talking about it. (If you looked really carefully, you might see me in the Boston Marathon photos. I can’t see me, but maybe you could …) Categories Craft/Multimedia/Photojournalism
July 30, 2008 A 14 Year Journey Scott Strazzante and MediaStorm have published his story looking at the transition of a farm into a sub-division, as told through the farm’s family and one of the new home’s families. It is awesome. The story is great, it is well told and it is beautifully shot. Every time I tell my students to shoot more, I will now have... Categories Audio/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 11, 2008 Weegee in the Times Weegee was the first real spot news photographer in a lot of people’s eyes. Born Usher Fellig, when his family came through Ellis Island he changed his name to Arthur, he prowled the streets of New York City from the mid-1930s through the late 1940s, always first on a crime scene with his Speed Graphic and cigar. The New York... Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
June 7, 2008 The Long Train Ride Home As most of you know, we just passed the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. CNN has posted a photo montage with narration by Magnum photographer Paul Fusco commenting on what he saw out the train windows. NPR has an interview with Bill Eppridge, who made the infamous image of Kennedy lying on the floor, being held by... Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Journalism
May 18, 2008 "Pay More Attention" That title is a bit of a play on what this post is about. In, ahem, January 2007, my colleague Tim Atherton launched a blog – Muse-ings. I noted its existence and made a note to follow it … sigh, then never did. I stumbled across the note this morning and started poking at it. I came across one recent... Categories Craft/Photojournalism
May 4, 2008 Community Building Something I can’t really talk about with any level of expertise (yet), but something I think we need to talk about: Internet communities. My reason for being a journalist was always community based – in order to succeed as a democratic institution, I believe it is imperative that we understand our community. And that’s where journalism comes in. Steve Yelvington... Categories Craft/Journalism
March 3, 2008 John Kao on Innovation This is SO WORTH an hour of your day – Robert Scoble interviewing John Kao about innovation. In fact, I may require every one of my students watch this. And suggest it be played at the Northern Short Course and the Southern Short Course. Some quotes I pulled out of it: People sometimes confuse creativity and innovation. On General Motors... Categories Advice & Learning/Craft
January 29, 2008 Speaker: Dennis Dimick, Thursday, Jan. 31 Dennis Dimick, executive editor at National Geographic, will be in the photo lab from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, talking about environmental coverage. All are welcome. This precedes his Charter lecture in the afternoon. Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism
January 26, 2008 "The Capa Cache" This is amazing … 70-year-old negatives, long since thought lost, from Robert Capa have turned up in Mexico, according to a New York Times article. Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism