December 3, 2008 The Migrant Mother's Daughter CNN has a story on the daughter of the Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange’s iconic image from the Great Depression. Embedded video from CNN Video Categories Journalism/Photojournalism
November 11, 2008 The Red & Black Weekly News Update The student paper here at UGA, The Red & Black, has started doing a weekly news update – a short video highlighting what’s coming up in the week’s paper. Each one has gotten a little smoother, a little more polished. They’ve played with the format a couple of times and the newest iteration came out this week with a walk-around-the-newsroom... Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video
September 10, 2008 YouTube Tries Journalism … Again Google and YouTube have announced a video journalism contest, co-sponsored by the Pulitzer Center and Sony. First prize is a Sony VAIO laptop and $10,000 to do another story. There are some flaws in the plan, but this may be the start of Google (who owns YouTube) pushing into the concept of “citizen journalism.” (Thanks to colleague Kaye Sweetser for... Categories Competitions/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk
August 17, 2008 David Burnett at the Olympics His take on the mid-way point of covering the games, as much introspection as reflection. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism
August 6, 2008 "The Girl in the Window" Lane DeGregory and Melissa Lyttle, of the St. Petersburg Times, have published the horrifying story of Dani, a seven year old feral girl – essentially abandoned in her own home – and the efforts of a family to help her. Steve Myers of the Poynter Institute has an interview with Lyttle and DeGregory about the story and how they approached... Categories Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk
July 30, 2008 A 14 Year Journey Scott Strazzante and MediaStorm have published his story looking at the transition of a farm into a sub-division, as told through the farm’s family and one of the new home’s families. It is awesome. The story is great, it is well told and it is beautifully shot. Every time I tell my students to shoot more, I will now have... Categories Audio/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
July 11, 2008 And One More … Not as blatant as the Iranian missile mess, but maybe as sensational as some of Weegee’s work … further research has shown that the image of a baby with two legs casts on may not be what it originally was reported. I could launch into a bit about not knowing the sources of your information because of the automation of... Categories Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 11, 2008 Weegee in the Times Weegee was the first real spot news photographer in a lot of people’s eyes. Born Usher Fellig, when his family came through Ellis Island he changed his name to Arthur, he prowled the streets of New York City from the mid-1930s through the late 1940s, always first on a crime scene with his Speed Graphic and cigar. The New York... Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
June 29, 2008 Joint Grady College-Greenville News Project As some of you know, we did a Maymester multimedia journalism course that was a joint project with the Greenville (S.C.) News. The News reached out to us a year ago and has been offering a lot of informational support, particularly to our multimedia classes. The managing editor there, Chris Weston, came to me in the fall and asked about... Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk
June 7, 2008 The Long Train Ride Home As most of you know, we just passed the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. CNN has posted a photo montage with narration by Magnum photographer Paul Fusco commenting on what he saw out the train windows. NPR has an interview with Bill Eppridge, who made the infamous image of Kennedy lying on the floor, being held by... Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Journalism