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September 9, 2012

Yet Another Media Distraction

Al Tompkins over at the Poynter Institute pointed out something I didn’t catch during coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions – that reporters have started using digital mic flags. Holy distraction, news consumer. Really? Tickers, bugs, graphics and now a dancing mic flag message? No wonder no one understands the news anymore.

Journalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

September 6, 2012

Burnett Fan Club Post #317

You’re probably sick of me linking to stories about David Burnett. Tough, here’s another one from Film Is Not Dead. And, aside from a massively wrong word choice in the second graf (arrogation in place of inauguration), it’s pretty good as it has Burnett talk about his experience covering the Olympics. Loved this quote: The one worry of the Olympics...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 30, 2012

They Like Us, But They Don’t Trust Us

The Reynolds Journalism Institute released a new study about the public’s perception of journalism. One of the best breakdowns of the study is over at the Poynter Institute by Jeff Sonderman – both are worth a read. The instant takeaway: the public prefers professionally produced journalism … but doesn’t trust the sources. Let that sit for a while …

Business & Industry/Journalism

August 29, 2012

Wall Street Journal Reporters Posting Short Videos

Over at the Poynter Institute, Jeff Sonderman has a story up about Wall Street Journal reporters who, after having been issued smart phones, are now posting short videos online. The videos, under the banner of WorldStream, vary from short snippets of the locations the journalists are to stand ups of them talking about stories they are in the process of...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Video

August 27, 2012

How to Pitch a Story

Over at the Poynter Institute, Tom Huang has an excellent post up about how to pitch a story. One of my great struggles in the classroom is moving students from shooting items or events to documenting ideas and issues – this will be brought into all my classes now.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

August 27, 2012

Wanted: Copyeditors

We in the journalism trade probably spend too much energy on enjoying the errors of others … but, when you get an obit headline wrong – so, so wrong – maybe we should point it out? Or maybe we should send notes to media executives pointing out that all the newsroom cuts are having an effect on the journalism?

Ethics & Legal/Journalism

August 17, 2012

The Kids are Alright. Now It’s Time to Tell Stories That Matter

Our short campus nightmare is over. Two days ago, the majority of the editorial leaders of The Red and Black, the independent student newspaper that covers the University of Georgia, took an ethical stand against prior restraint from the board of directors and some serious lapses in judgement by one member of the board. Today, it appears, the students have...

Journalism

August 13, 2012

NPPA Best of Photojournalism TV Files Available

The National Press Photographers Association has announced the the winning entries in the Best of Photojournalism television division are now downloadable from their web site. It’s only open to members and you can burn the files to a DVD for watching on your own set. Guess what I’m doing on the high-speed connection at work today …

Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

August 8, 2012

On Interviewing

Greg Scoblete has a great piece up on Photo District News about interviewing for video and audio, well worth a read. Will be sharing this with all my students this fall. (Thanks to Curt Chandler for the link.)

Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

August 7, 2012

Ready for Weather

My students get an earful somedays about things they’d never expect to talk about in journalism courses. Step ladders? Snow tires? Rain coats? All fair game as far as I’m concerned. Former-student Daniel Shirey posted a link to an REI page that talks about rain gear and it’s a nice primer on how to be prepared to be out and...

At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

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