Journalism – Page 9 – Visual Journalism

September 8, 2014

Go Deep, Not Just Far

While looking for something else this morning I stumbled across a blog post from Ami Vitale about travel photography. As my first-semester students are out wandering campus, camera in hand, there’s a lot of lessons for them in here, particularly the second of her ten, which ends with this: If some of the people who surrounded Subita had taken the...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 2, 2014

Searching History

Very cool project put together by Prof. Laura Wexler and her colleagues at Yale University – a visual and searchable database of photographs from the Farm Securities Administration. You can search by photographer or – and this is so sweet – go to a map of the U.S., zoom in on your area and see what images there are from...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 31, 2014

Explaining the Coverage

The New York Times Magazine has a stunning photo essay shot in Gaza and Israel earlier this month by two Magnum photojournalists, Paolo Pelligrin and Peter van Agtmael, respectively. Any coverage that comes out of this region tends to inspire as much debate about the balance (or lack thereof) in the coverage as to the story itself. It’s the most...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 29, 2014

Flipping Busy Week …

So, I have this friend. She’s brilliant and charming and funny and I would follow here anywhere. But I have to stop talking around her – every time someone says something interesting around Katy Culver, she asks them to Tweet about it. Or write about it. Or show up on a podcast. This week’s rundown: I did a Twitter chat...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

August 20, 2014

Killing Journalists Should Be a Crime of War

In a terse statement, appropriate in both its tone and style, the president and CEO of the Associated Press, Gary Pruitt, says: … we believe the assassination of a journalist in wartime should be considered an international crime of war. I would add that the killing of any journalist, at any time, should be considered, if not a war crime,...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 19, 2014

NPPA Attorney Headed to Ferguson

It’s never a good thing when the lead attorney for a national press organization has to go somewhere, but it’s happening – the National Press Photographer Association’s Mickey Osterreicher is en route to Ferguson, Missouri, to help journalists deal with the escalating problems of press freedoms. THIS is why we pay our annual dues to the NPPA.

Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

August 15, 2014

Morel Verdict Upheld

I am not a legal expert, but my reading of the just-released Agence France-Presse v. Daniel Morel appeal indicates that the bulk of Daniel Morel’s verdict is being upheld – Agence France-Presse and Getty Images owe him $1.2 million in copyright damages. Waiting for the experts to start chiming in … UPDATE: Photo District News has the story. (Thanks to...

Journalism

August 8, 2014

Why Journalism Matters

This link is pretty far afield of what we normaly cover, but Susan M. Grant, the chief nurse for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, wrote a column for the Washington Post about why the two Americans with Ebola were brought back to the country. Why do we care? In talking about the social media reaction to bringing them to the United...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 12, 2014

We Have Lost John Seigenthaler

While not a visual journalist, every one of us should pay attention to John Seigenthaler’s dedication to serving his community. I was luck enough to meet and talk with him several years ago at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbuilt University, a moment I’m sure slipped into his memory but resonates with me to this day.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 7, 2014

Speed Is Not the Survival Solution

I like Twitter, I like it’s variety and breadth. But to believe news needs to be fast is a fatal decision. News needs to be accurate and fair, not just fast or first. Latest example comes from photo site PetaPixel which was duped last week. As we tell students all the time, If your mother says she loves you, check...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism

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