October 1, 2007 Reuters on Kenji Nagai The Reuters photo blog has a brief on the image of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai who was killed in Myanmar last week. Categories Good Work/Journalism/Tech Talk
October 1, 2007 UGA Magazine Club Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. – The Magazine Club is having a meeting and Kelly Simmons, editor of Georgia Magazine, is coming to chat with us. It’s 6:30 in Journalism 505. Georgia Magazine is looking for freelance writers, so this could be a good opportunity to get some clips, as well as network and get career advice. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism
October 1, 2007 The War on Error That Aaron Johnson, he just cracks me up every day now … Categories Journalism/Tech Talk
August 21, 2007 Some Days, It Pays to be a Pack Rat Not many, but some. While rooting around for something else I found a yellowed sheet of paper I must have been handed in grad school by my mentor, Prof. David Sutherland. And so I share it with you … ARE YOU THINKING PICTURES?Questions to keep in mind: Does the photo communicate quicker, stronger, better or more eloquently than a simple... Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory
August 13, 2007 Don't be a Newspaper Person, Be a Storyteller It’s a theme I talk about a lot, it’s one you should buy into, as well. And Inside Higher Ed has a story on “New Media Meets Campus Media” you should look at. Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk
July 24, 2007 Journalists on the Other Side of the Camera Kiernan Beer, editor-in-chief of Fortent Inform (a financial news service) was photographed by Brendan McDermid of Reuters after last week’s steam pipe explosion in New York City. He tells his story on the New York Times’ City Room blog. Categories Journalism
July 17, 2007 Newsweek and the Bad Photo Editor Every magazine photo editor (and newspaper and wire service editor, too) makes a mistake at some point in their life. At the bad end of the scale are the days when you doctor someone’s teeth or move a pyramid to fit a cover. But the other end of the scale can be just as damaging at times, when it’s minor... Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 17, 2007 NFL web video restrictions John McClain at the Houston Chronicle takes on the National Football League’s new 45 second rule for video and audio on the web. (Thanks to Al Tomkins for this, from the Morning Meeting email.) Categories Journalism
June 19, 2007 Why Newspapers are in Trouble First, go read this. Now, think about it. Does it hurt yet? Because I keep looking at the date to see if it’s April 1 or something … is there any actual news here? If I call up the paper and say, oh, I don’t know … “I’m creating a new automobile company, based in Bogart, and if we get... Categories Journalism/Thoughts & Theory
June 18, 2007 To Text or Not to Text Okay, this is way off topic – but there’s some good journalism that can be done. Over on MousePrint.org (a great blog that looks at the ways consumers get ripped off by things in the “mouse print”), they’re talking about the text messaging charges television viewers can get hit with when playing along with some game shows. It brings up... Categories Journalism