September 10, 2008 Shooting Blind CNN has a story on a group of Israeli photographers … who are blind. Not journalism, but … interesting. Categories Good Work
September 2, 2008 The State Fair on Speed Ben Garvin, late of the Berkshire Eagle and now of the Pioneer Press, has strung together 4,000 still photos to make a two minute video-esque look at the Minnesota State Fair. Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 1, 2008 NPPA Flying Short Course – Sept. 26 in North Carolina Get it on your calendar now – the National Press Photographers Association’s Flying Short Course will be dropping in to Boiling Springs, N.C., on Friday, September 26. That stop is less than three hours from Athens. One of the best in the business on business will be talking – John Harrington. And a whole slate of other great folks, too.... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism
August 6, 2008 "The Girl in the Window" Lane DeGregory and Melissa Lyttle, of the St. Petersburg Times, have published the horrifying story of Dani, a seven year old feral girl – essentially abandoned in her own home – and the efforts of a family to help her. Steve Myers of the Poynter Institute has an interview with Lyttle and DeGregory about the story and how they approached... Categories Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk
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
April 24, 2008 Kael Alford on Campus – April 24 – ROOM CHANGE Mark this on your calendar – photojournalist Kael Alford will be speaking at the Student Learning Center (room 248 – changed room) on Thursday, April 24 at 4:30 p.m. Her work from Iraq was featured in the Georgia Review magazine last year. Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work
April 23, 2008 Now Available: My Dream Job For years I joked the ultimate job for me was photo editor at the Wall Street Journal. Because, as you may know, they never ran photos. Saunter in to the daily news meeting and have an editor bark out section titles, then call, “PHOTO!” And calmly respond, “Not today, boss, maybe tomorrow.” On Wednesday, the venerable WSJ (for years more... Categories Good Work
April 15, 2008 Exhaustion That’s what I’m still feeling, but it’s a good thing. This past weekend was our Third Annual UGA Photojournalism Weekend Workshop, this year based here in Athens. Visiting editor Mike Roy, from the Westchester (N.Y.) Journal, with help from USA Today’s Katye Martens and the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier’s Sarah Bates, put together a video on the weekend’s activities.... Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Tech Talk