Category: Journalism

October 11, 2016

The Lost Rolls

In my home office, there are filing cabinets and boxes full of processed film. Tens of thousands of frames, made over a span of 20 years, waiting to be seen again. But that pales in comparison to the volume of images stored on hard drives, to those stored in the cloud and burned to DVDs and CDs over the last...

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 4, 2016

Kandahar Journals Showing in Athens

As part of our McGill Symposium on Wednesday, October 5, we will be showing Louie Palu’s documentary on his time in Afghanistan here at the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Kandahar Journals looks at his time covering the war and its effects on his psychological transformation. Doors will open at 7:30 and we...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory/Video

August 23, 2016

Photo Editors Please, or At Least Visual Awareness (Updated)

It seems that I am on a multi-year rant about my local news organization. I pay my subscription, I read it every day online, spend time with the delivered Sunday edition and I truly appreciate that they are severely understaffed. That the depth of their coverage has suffered is sad and I do not find fault with the individual journalists...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

August 17, 2016

The Value of Photo Editors, Olympic Edition

Allen Murabayashi has a nice analysis of image usage out of the Olympics – and why having an experienced photo editor makes a difference. No ethical issues … this time.

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 4, 2016

Cover Letter Don’ts

My friends down at the Poynter Institute just read 160 applications and decided to share what no one should do in those packages. As my kids go through the internship application process, this is required reading. I do kind of wish is was a snarkier piece, though … I’ve sat through meetings at Poynter, there are some snarky folks there...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 24, 2016

NPPA Elects New Officers

Congratulations to Melissa Little, Michael Kind and Seth Gitner who were elected to the offices of president, vice president and secretary (respectively) during this weekend’s National Press Photographers Association’s annual board meeting here in Athens. Some other news in there you may be interested in.

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 19, 2016

This Week in Athens: First Amendment Issues, Copyright Registrations Workshop

Big things happening this week … Friday, January 22: First Amendment Issues in Public Spaces – This event is jointly hosted by Grady College and the National Press Photographers Association with generous support from the Sinclair Broadcast Group and will feature multiple panels and discussions prompted by the events at the University of Missouri in November. Panelists will include the...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 2, 2015

Finding Your Color

I have a small list of photojournalists who never disappoint me, storytellers who always make me stop and stare, ponder what they’re showing me, force me to rearrange the neurons in my brain. Michael S. Williamson of the Washington Post is on that list. For years I’ve come back to his work, to his way of seeing, to understand my...

Categories At Work/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 1, 2015

Photoshelter’s Guide to Photo Contests

Updated for the 2016 competition season, worth plowing through as it gives you some insight into the benefits and risks of more than 30 contests worldwide.

Categories Competitions/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

November 11, 2015

Documenting the Fullness and Complexity of Life

Given the news out of the University of Missouri this week – which is overwhelming in its complexity and very difficult to thread an education lesson through in a short time – the timing of Maurice Berger’s story about a new Gordon Parks exhibit in New York on The New York Times’ Lens blog is stunningly relevant. The exhibit details...

Categories Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism