April 7, 2015 Scott Simon on Storytelling Was looking for something else entirely, but I am happy to have found this … Categories Craft/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
March 24, 2015 Steve McCurry Exhibit Opens in Italy Not much of a chance I’ll see this there, but I hope it comes to the States … an exhibition of Steve McCurry’s work is up, looking at more than three decades of his images from around the world. CNN’s story has a great interview with him where he talks about the importance of his work, how it has come... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
March 22, 2015 The Power of the Norman KPBS video journalist Katie Schoolov has just returned from a week at the 55th annual News Video a Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma – and it was more than she imagined. For those local to Athens, we will have our annual Bluejeans Workshop on Saturday, March 28 – a day talking about video storytelling. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
March 13, 2015 Texas Bill Bars Photographing Police From Within 25 Feet If you’re carrying a gun, you need to be 100 feet away from a police officer before you can make a photo of them in a bill sponsored by one Jason Villalba. I hope this doesn’t pass, and if it does, it will be fun to watch the courts take it apart. Hopefully quickly … the Constitution is the Constitution... Categories Journalism
March 1, 2015 World Press Photo Upholds Troilo Award After an investigation into ethical concerns surrounding Giovanni Troilo’s first place award in the World Press Photo Contemporary Issue-Story category, the organization has decided to uphold the award. Massive Editorial Statement: World Press Photo, you got this totally wrong. How so? From their statement, here’s their justification: World Press Photo is a contest for photojournalism and documentary photography, established to... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
February 16, 2015 Through A Lens Darkly Tonight, on some PBS stations, the show Independent Lens is running a segment titled Through A Lens Darkly, looking at the photography of and by African-Americans. Alas, it is not scheduled, as far as I can tell, for Georgia Public Broadcasting stations. NPR has a piece on it, including the trailer. Categories Journalism/Photojournalism
January 5, 2015 Photojournalism Day at UGA On behalf of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, I am inviting you to join us as we welcome the National Press Photographers Association to Athens. The NPPA, the leading organization for visual journalists, is moving its headquarters to UGA this spring and we are looking forward to partnerships in the areas of education, research and... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism
December 10, 2014 Is Livestreaming Journalism? It may seem like a strange question, but New York Magazine has a piece up that asks if livestreaming is the future of journalism or activism. I don’t have an answer, but I have some thoughts on this. And my thought is … no. Livestreaming is not journalism. Perhaps it is news reporting, but I don’t think it is journalism.... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
December 7, 2014 Stephen Crowley On Covering Politics PDNOnline’s David Walker talked with The New York Times’ Stephen Crowley about his work covering Washington politics. When asked what fascinates him about the topic, he answered: It’s the sport of kings. You have teams, you have strong players and weak players and trades, and schemes. It’s always a story. And it’s a vocation you can do that actually benefits... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
November 29, 2014 A Kiowa with a Camera Nice piece and gallery by The New Yorker’s Amy Connors on Horace Monroe Poolaw who spent 50 years documenting the Kiowa American Indian tribe of Oklahoma. Love the way his daughter quoted him: I do not want to be remembered for my pictures, but through my pictures I want my people to remember themselves. Categories Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism