Category: Journalism

December 13, 2009

Do We Have Any Effect?

Years ago I went to an Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Washington, D.C. It was an odd trip – I was on the photo staff of my student newspaper, the football team was playing someone around the Washington area, there was a big protest heading for the mall and then there was this conference. Somehow, we covered it all...

Categories Craft/Journalism

December 11, 2009

Why We Shoot

I met Michael King last week at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, but didn’t get to talk much with him. (I think I awkwardly stood near him as I tried to figure something out in my head … sorry, Michael.) I did talk with him on the phone once before, where I learned his boss is my old boss (and the...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism

November 25, 2009

How Do I Survive in Journalism? (podcast)

As our spring photojournalism workshop drew to a close, we put some of our editors around the table and asked them the questions every student wanted asked – what’s next? What do I need to know to get a job? Where are those jobs? What do I do to survive? Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Minla Shields,...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

November 24, 2009

On Online Video (podcast)

Up next in our series of podcasts is a talk about the role of video online and how traditional print publications are, can and should move towards it. Guests include Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Dave Labelle, author and former photojournalism professor, Minla Shields, the former Senior Editor for Planning at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mike Haskey, Columbus...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 24, 2009

Dave Labelle in Athens – Dec. 1

He’s big, he has a big heart and he has a big passion for community journalism. He’s the legendary Dave Labelle, and he’ll be make a big presentation next week at Grady College. Labelle is the author of what is arguably the greatest community journalism book ever – The Great Picture Hunt, a book that explores enterprise photography through community...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 23, 2009

On Backpack Journalism (podcast)

Continuing with the conversations we had during our March photojournalism workshop, this one on “backpack journalism,” also known as “mojos” for mobile journalists. Most refer to it as “one man bands.” We hear from Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Jon Samuels, staff photojournlaist at WXIA in Atlanta, John Curry, Visuals Director at the Augusta Chronicle, Minla...

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

November 21, 2009

Using Social Media for Journalism (podcast)

During our March photojournalism weekend workshop, I put several of our guest editors around a table and lead a series of conversations about the state of journalism. In the first, on using social media for journalism, I was joined by John Curry, Visuals Director for the Augusta Chronicle, Walt Stricklin, Director of Photogaphy for the Birmingham News, David Labelle, author...

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

November 18, 2009

Getting Online Video to Work

Two posts online this morning, each linked in content … first up is the Poynter Institute’s Regina McCombs talking about what works in the online video realm. Her assessment mirrors my favorite response to students, “It depends.” Based on the questions that lead to that post, Chuck Fadley at MiamiHerald.com talks about what has worked there, which comes down to...

Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 9, 2009

Goodbye to Google

Or so insinuates Rupert Murdoch, who claims he’ll start blocking Google from indexing his paper’s web sites. Why? Because he thinks they’re stealing revenue – and we all know how much revenue there is to be stolen. (Hint: Not much.) He has a point – if all you’re going to read is the first few grafs of a story, and...

Categories Graphic Design/Journalism

September 28, 2009

AP Stylebook on the iPhone

Now there’s one fewer reason to screw up a state abbreviation – the Associated Press Stylebook is now available as an iPhone app. (Which has the Apple fan in me thinking iPhones should be required of all our students … hmmm.)

Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism