Journalism – Page 10 – Visual Journalism

May 6, 2014

The Camera as Tool

Over on Transom.org is a piece by Mexican photojournalism Julîan Cardona that’s a must read for anyone starting out or those who need a reminder of why we do this. A photojournalist like myself is an oddity because suddenly, as if from nowhere, he appears in the lives of these people. The impression that remains from those brief encounters, ones...

Journalism

April 25, 2014

They Are People, Not Subjects

My good friend David LaBelle is at it again, this time talking about a man he met in New York City. I can point my camera “at” you or I make a picture “with” you. One is a cowardly drive-by shooting, while the other is a collaborative, shared experience. One objectifies, capturing subjects as objects, graphic elements in a broader...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 15, 2014

Local Talk on Covering Grief and Loss

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting Jessica Handler on Thursday, April 17, for a luncheon talk on covering grief and loss. It’s free and there’s pizza, why wouldn’t you want to come?

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 18, 2014

News Chopper Down in Seattle

Multiple reports that the KOMO-TV helicopter has crashed in Seattle.

Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

March 9, 2014

No Job for a Woman

Thursday night, PBS will be premiering No Job for a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report WWII and it will feature Dickie Chapelle. I have my DVR set, so should you. After watching the trailer for it, I spotted this piece, Pioneering Women War Correspondents, that includes Margaret Bourke White and Chapelle, as well. Worth 14 minutes of your...

At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 6, 2014

Journalism Still Matters

Nice piece by SFGate’s David Wiegand on CBS News’ Scott Pelley, well worth a few minutes of your time. “I think people are being driven to brand names in journalism that they feel like they can trust,” he said. “Because never in human history has so much information been available to so many people, but unfortunately that also means that...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism

March 4, 2014

For the Educators in the Audience

Need to spend off a little leftover FY14 travel funding? Here’s how to do it – Poynter’s Teachapalooza is one of the best journalism educator conferences around. Three (or five) days of über nerdy, totally geeked out learning about how to better teach journalism at the university level. Disclosure: I’m on the faculty, but I paid my way for the...

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

March 4, 2014

IRE Event in Athens – April 26-27

Not purely visual, but there’s an event run by Investigative Reporters and Editors coming up in late April. Worth getting on your calendar.

Journalism/Tech Talk

February 19, 2014

What CNN Wants Next

Great two part interview with CNN’s Victor Hernandez over at NetNewsCheck.com by Michael Depp that looks at how the future is being seen. The second part is focused on what CNN is looking for in new hires: We’re increasingly looking at things like an individual’s digital portfolio and what they’re doing with social media and how active they are on...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 3, 2014

Storytelling Through Commercials

Al Tompkins at the Poynter Institute breaks down the storytelling in the Budweiser Super Bowl commercial. And that’s why I love Poynter – great teaching in just under eight minutes.