February 25, 2012 Truth in Visuals The New York Times’ Michael Barbaro and Michael D. Shear have an interesting story on the effects of campaign stop location decisions and how the visuals play into perceptions. Well worth a read. Categories Craft/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism
February 19, 2012 It Ain’t Broke, So Why Fix It? David Jacobs is the Publisher of the Boston Courant, a weekly news organization with 40,000 subscribers. But I can’t link to it because, even though he founded the company in 1995, he hasn’t put it on the web. That’s right – no Twitter, no YouTube channel, no web site. Nothing. The only way to read it is to order up... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism
February 16, 2012 NPPA Multimedia Immersion Registration Now Open There are only 40 slots for the 2012 edition, get yours now. Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
February 14, 2012 Photographers You Should Know About Scott Bourne over at PhotoFocus has stolen an idea from me. Of course, it’s an idea I never executed, but whatever … he is beginning a series on Photographers You Should Know About with a look at Dorothea Lange, one of the stars of the Farm Securities Administration in the 1930s. Worth keeping an eye on this series if he... Categories Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
February 10, 2012 If You Thought Copyright Idiocy Was Running Rampant Here … Wait until you read the comments from one Matthew Fearn, a deputy picture editor at the Telegraph in Britain as reported in the British Journal of Photography: Our industry therefore adopts the stance that if a picture has no overwhelming artistic value and if there is no issue of exclusivity (ie it is already being published online or elsewhere) then... Categories Journalism
February 8, 2012 The Education of Walter Iooss, Jr. Sports Illustrated has posted an autobiographical piece by one of their legends, Walter Iooss, Jr. It’s a long read, but worth it as he tells tales of shooting the greats over the last 50 years. My self-aggrandizing moment: I assisted for Iooss once, in about 1995, on a shoot of Mo Vaughn at Fenway Park. Learned a ton, even if... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
January 25, 2012 The Spot News Photo Master at ICP There is one undisputed master when it comes to spot news and crime photography, and that’s Weegee. Prowling the streets of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, he was there first more often than the cops were. The International Center of Photography in NYC has a show of his work up now, apparently including a replica of the... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism
January 24, 2012 Illinois to Allow Cameras in the Courts The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the Illinois Supreme Court will be announcing today that they are going to allow cameras in the courts on an experimental basis. Excellent news. Categories Journalism
January 19, 2012 Reporter Skills, the New Baseline Steve Yelvington put up a post on the New Baseline Skill Set for reporters, worth reading and pondering. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Tech Talk