Advice & Learning – Page 38 – Visual Journalism

August 26, 2011

Photo Cred

Not so much about credibility as credentials (though those things are more closely tied together than you’d expect). The National Press Photographers Association has posted on how to get media credentials. Good info there, I get lots of questions on this from students and folks just starting out.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

August 26, 2011

Want A Job?

Then you need some skills, so you should take some classes and then learn some more stuff on your own. What sort of stuff? Take a look at this ad for an interactive designer at MediaStorm: Description The Interactive Designer will: Design websites and interactive applications Create graphics for world-class multimedia pieces Create marketing products for web, broadcast and print...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

August 25, 2011

Not Visual, But Journalism and Education …

FYI … It’s Monday in Athens, and it’s time to tee it up…in the Grady College! In May, the College announced plans to develop a new program in sports journalism. On Monday, August 29 at 4:00 p.m. in the Drewry Room, we will be holding a student meeting to present an update on Grady sports journalism and to discuss upcoming...

Advice & Learning/Journalism

August 24, 2011

Does Your Reputation Matter?

Over at FreelanceSwitch, Thursday Bram writes about whether online reviews matter to a business. Her take is that you need to monitor it but it isn’t something to obsess over, but I think it massively depends on your business. If you’re a freelance photojournalist, your reputation is the only thing you have. A great book or project means a lot,...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

August 22, 2011

Sports Journalism Internships

FYI … The Sports Journalism Institute is now accepting applications for its 2012 class to be held June 1-8 at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Students will complete an eight-day class at the university followed up with paid internships in newsrooms across the country. Editing and online candidates are urged to apply and may receive priority. Find the...

Advice & Learning/Journalism

August 18, 2011

Multimedia Bootcamps at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute

FYI … Freedom Forum New Media Training at the Diversity Institute will offer two hands-on Multimedia Boot Camps this fall: Multimedia Boot Camp for Journalism Professionals and Educators November 16-20, and Advanced Multimedia Boot Camp October 12 – 16, 2011, for more experienced practitioners. Both Boot Camps use practical, hands-on study and practice to make you a more effective journalist...

Advice & Learning

August 17, 2011

Students: One for Your RSS Feeds

Because I know, by now, you have set up an RSS reader, right? Add this one in: The Visual Student is the National Press Photographers Association’s blog for students and, with a new Student Chair, I think it’s going to be getting busier.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 15, 2011

AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship

FYI … The Associated Press and Google announce a new national scholarship program intended to foster digital and new media skills in student journalists. The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, will administer the program. The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program will provide $20,000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year to six promising undergraduate...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

August 11, 2011

What’s Your Clipboard?

This is a stretch, I’m going to tell you that right up front … Skip Cohen, over at GoingPro, writes about the Key Traits of the Photographic Icons. He talks about how you need to build confidence, but not let people know that your confidence is a little shaky. It reminded me of this great scene from The Paper, a...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Thoughts & Theory

August 10, 2011

“A Great Shot Is …”

The New York Times’ Lens blog has a short interview up with Finnish photojournalist Jussi Leinonen where he talks about a photo that helped him become Finland’s Press Photographer of the Year in 2008. Loved this quote: A great shot is always there to be had, but you can’t get tired of searching for it. I had already sort of...

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