Advice & Learning – Page 36 – Visual Journalism

October 10, 2011

Paying It Forward

Patrick Fallon has a post up on the NPPA’s Visual Student blog asking recent and soon-to-be photojournalism grads what advice they would give freshman or those just starting out. Some good advice in there, particularly about not being negative and building relationships with those a few semesters or years ahead of you.

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

October 4, 2011

Video Storytelling Workshop, Online

The National Press Photographers Association is hosting an online workshop on video storytelling called Lighting, Writing and Surviving on Oct. 15. From the site: Join an all-star faculty on October 15, 2011 for an exciting day of presentations. Best of all, you don’t have to leave home to participate. Available On Line if you’re busy the 15th, all presentations are...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Photojournalism

September 29, 2011

Media Law in the Digital Age Conference

FYI … for those in Georgia, this is something you should get on your calendar: October 22 at Kennesaw State University (just north of Atlanta) the Citizen Media Law Project and KSU will be running a Media Law in the Digital Age conference. Great lineup of speakers, including the NPPA’s own Mickey Osterreicher. UGA students, if you’re interested, see me...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 27, 2011

NPPF Offering Scholarships for Photojournalists Returning to School

The National Press Photographers Foundation is offering up six, $4,000 grants for pros who are returning to the classroom. The Career Expansion Scholarships are available to photojournalists with at least three years of experience who have returned to school.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 27, 2011

UGA NPPA Student Chapter Meeting

Hyper-local announcement … we’re launching an effort to fire up the UGA National Press Photographers Association Student Chapter with an initial meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Photojournalism Lab (room 130 in Grady College). The college has given us a budget to bring in some speakers and run some programs, time for you to get involved. Not a member?...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 21, 2011

Photo Education or Fraud?

According to a story by David Walker at Photo District News, the US Department of Justice is suing Education Management Corporation claiming they recruited unqualified students into their for-profit schools to collect student aid money. The suit alleges they fraudulently collected $11 billion in state and federal student financial aid over the last eight years. Because it is in the...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 18, 2011

Live Chat with NPPA President Sean Elliot

Sunday night, time to talk … we’ll be having a live chat with Sean Elliot, the current president of the National Press Photographers Association for student members here at 9 p.m. You can join in below as we talk about the organization, its mission and what it offers to students who are passionate about visual storytelling. Elliot is the Chief Photographer...

Advice & Learning

September 16, 2011

Commit. You Must Commit

A few weeks ago I handed every single one of my photojournalism students a camera kit. It’s theirs to use through the semester, to complete assignments, to learn on. The catch, of course, is that they have to use it. If they don’t, there’s no real point in taking these classes. So I tell them I expect it to be...

Advice & Learning/Craft

September 15, 2011

More You Know You’re a Photojournalist When …

The Chicago Tribune’s Alex Garcia adds 50 more ways to know you’re a photojournalist. I know it is trite and overdone, but I love these lists … have hit everyone of them at some point in my life. Here’s a few of mine … When looking at new cars, you think about how much gear you can get in the...

Advice & Learning/At Work

September 14, 2011

On Patience

Over at the New York Times’ Lens blog, Kerri MacDonald has a short interview up with Jared Soares where he talks about the impact of one of my favorite images by Sam Abell. I remember studying that photo for hours. I would look at that photo, then I would run off to a country fair and I would try to...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

Category: Advice & Learning

Paying It Forward

Video Storytelling Workshop, Online

Media Law in the Digital Age Conference

NPPF Offering Scholarships for Photojournalists Returning to School

UGA NPPA Student Chapter Meeting

Photo Education or Fraud?

Live Chat with NPPA President Sean Elliot

Commit. You Must Commit

More You Know You’re a Photojournalist When …

On Patience