January 15, 2013 Students: Read This. NOW. The first response on this thread is from David Carr at the New York Times (I think, he uses that handle elsewhere). Gospel. Read it, believe it, do it. Categories Advice & Learning
January 3, 2013 The Image. Deconstructed Workshop Something to put on your calendar … The Image. Deconstructed Workshop is set for March 22-24 at UNC Chapel Hill. From the blurb: The Image, Deconstructed will hold a three-day workshop in conjunction with The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our mission is to help participants gain a better understanding of a purposeful, mental approach to visual communication. Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
December 26, 2012 Google Fellowships Applications are now being taken for the 2013 Google Fellowships, they’re due by January 31, 2013. From their site: Who should apply? We’re looking for students who are passionate about journalism and the role that technology can play in the industry and the pursuit of their craft. Students from all majors and degree programs who possess the following qualities are... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
December 16, 2012 Facts Matter, So Do People Charles Apple retells his story from 1995 about a shooting in Chapel Hill, N.C., from a time before instant-reporting took hold. Well worth a read. (And, yeah, it’s more about journalism than visual journalism, but he did draw a map.) Which brings us to the second part of the headline … I got a text message from a former student... Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism
December 13, 2012 Moving On In a few short hours we’ll march another crop of journalism students across a stage, sending them out into the real world at our winter convocation. A quick look at the program saw about 60 in total, four of them are My Kids – fully vetted and prepped. After what has been my most challenging personal year, I’m pretty sure... Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
December 12, 2012 Why Photography is Great I am tempted to do one of these, if I ever complete my grading … over at Photoshelter, Allen Murabayashi has a great post up about 57 Reasons to Love Photography in 2012. I don’t know how he stopped at 57 … (Thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot for the link) Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
November 28, 2012 Poynter-NPPA Video Storytelling Online Workshop Go register for this and then clear your calendar for Saturday, Jan. 19 – the Poynter Institute and the National Press Photographers Association are doing an online, day-long seminar subtitled Creativity on a Deadline. If you’re an NPPA member, it’s $55. If you’re a student member, it’s just $35. Toying with the idea of hosting a gathering in my lab... Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video
November 15, 2012 CPOY Winners Announced Congrats to Magnus Holm on his first place finish in the College Photographer of the Year competition. Every student should spend some time on the CPOY site over break, lots of categories. Want to know where you need to be to succeed? There’s your answer. Some amazing stuff in there. Categories Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism
November 12, 2012 Faculty Lineup for Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Announced The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, has posted their faculty lineup and it looks really strong. As usual. I had hoped to do all three days, but it looks like I’ll only make it to Saturday’s speakers. Still a great lineup for one day. And, if you haven’t registered yet, this is the week to do it... Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
November 1, 2012 News Video Workshop Registration Opens The National Press Photographers Association’s News Video Workshop, March 17-22, is now taking registrations. From their site: If you are a journalist who uses any video in your reporting, the NV Workshop is for you. Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video