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November 28, 2011

Over at the Gear Geek …

I’m talking about Cyber Monday and finding deals.

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November 27, 2011

Cyber Monday and You

It’s almost here – the day when retailers lead you to believe most online shopping gets done. (It’s not, that day comes about two weeks before Christmas.) Earlier, I refreshed an old post about what you need to buy if you’re heading out into the real world. In it, I alluded to finding deals that were too good to be...

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November 10, 2011

Reminder: Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Discounted registration ends on Nov. 12, get over to the web site and register. Do it. You won’t be disappointed.

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November 7, 2011

Choices, Too Many Local Choices

Two big talks, both scheduled for the University of Georgia campus this Friday, November 11. At 2:30, in Mahler Auditorium at the Georgia Center, Swedish photographer Mattias Klum will be talking about The Big Picture: Communicating Conservation in a Complex World. At 3:00, ESPN Executive Vice President John Walsh will be speaking at the Chapel on Sports and Journalism in...

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November 7, 2011

Platypus Workshops Scheduled for Italy and Texas

The Platypus Workshops, perhaps the original multimedia training program, has announced their first two 2012 workshops – in Florence, Italy, in March and San Marcos, Texas, in May.

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November 3, 2011

Next NPPA Visual Student Chat on Networking

FYI … All through your life, you’ve been told that who you know is just as important as what you know. But how do you find those people to know? For starters, it’s more than handing out business cards at a conference. On Sunday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. the NPPA will host its next Student Chat on the Visual...

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November 2, 2011

Two Weeks with Stanley

My friend Stanley Leary has a post up on his site that walks you through two separate weeks of his life, will give students and potential freelancers a good idea of what it’s like to work that life. I miss those NPS calendars, lived by them for years, too …

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October 30, 2011

How to Be A Critic

David Saxe over at Black Star Rising has posted four simple rules for critiquing other’s work. It’s a good list. Because I can, here’s my companion list for being critiqued: Be Aware of Time: Depending on the environment you are in, you may have get a long critique or a short one. If you’re doing evening portfolio reviews at a...

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October 28, 2011

Study Photojournalism in Berlin

Since it’s time for the annual Georgia-Florida football war, let’s talk about the University of Florida for a few moments … Professor John Freeman has built an excellent summer workshop in Berlin for photojournalism students, one that’s open to those from UF as well as other universities. It’s limited to 12 students and runs for two weeks in the second...

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October 27, 2011

Multimedia Boot Camp at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute

Just a few days left to register for the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute’s Nov. 16-20 Multimedia Boot Camp in Nashville, Tenn. There are reportedly just a few seats left as they’re capping the class at 18. From the flier: Participants will learn how to: Produce multimedia on a budget, buy the right gear and find cheap ways to record and...

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