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March 9, 2011

White House Internship Deadlines – March 13

FYI … We are writing to remind you that the White House Internship Program’s Fall 2011 application deadline is this Sunday, March 13. We hope that you will take the time to think of five future young leaders that you believe would serve as great White House Interns, and personally encourage them to apply. In addition to the attached flier,...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

March 7, 2011

Local: Allison Fabella to Speak on SEO Social Media

FYI … Allison Fabella will be speaking in the Drewry Room of Grady College on Tuesday, March 8, at 12:45 p.m. Open to all, will run for 45 minutes. Background: Allison Fabella directs all strategic and tactical SEO and Social Media initiatives for the southeast’s largest newspaper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (plus accessAtlanta, AJCHomefinder, AJCCars, AJCJobs, and AJCExchange). She began her...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Multimedia/Tech Talk

March 2, 2011

NPPA Student Clip Contest Winners

… are up on the National Press Photographers Association’s web site. Take a look, see what other students are doing. The deadline for images taken in February, March and April is May 7. Rules and such are all online. If you’re a student member, why aren’t you entering?

Advice & Learning/Competitions

February 26, 2011

Scenes From a Workshop

I’ve been quiet the last few days as I was prepping for our sixth annual weekend workshop, this year up in Habersham County. We’re here, have been for 27 hours now. Things are … good. A lot of learning going on, some crying, some wailing, almost no whining. More to come, but a few images from Friday of people at...

Advice & Learning

February 24, 2011

ICONN Conference – March 24-25

It looks like we’ve got all the pieces for the ICONN Annual Conference in place again. After getting weathered-out in January, I’m hopeful that we’ll have some nice spring weather on March 24 and 25 here in Athens. So why should you come? Well, Athens is a great place in spring – especially if you’re coming from the north or...

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February 23, 2011

ICONN Conference and the Bluejeans Workshop in Athens

This is going to be a great three days … We’ve rescheduled the ICONN Annual Conference for March 24 and 25 here in Athens and are bringing in most of the original lineup of people. And there was a reason for that date – the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will hold its annual Bluejeans Workshop on Saturday,...

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February 20, 2011

Vlog: Documentaries and Visits From Atlanta Magazine Staffers

This week we talk a bit about At Close Range, a documentary on National Geographic staff photographer Joel Sartore, and feature interviews with Rebecca Burns, the director of digital strategies for Emmis Publishing, and Sheri Wilson, the art director for Atlanta Magazine. Burns also recently published a new book, Burial for a King, looking at the 10 days following the...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Video

February 18, 2011

Our Vanishing Visual Record

Steve Parker at St. Louis Today, passes on a lament from the recent Society of News Design competition – the loss of emotional images from our newspapers. The comments lifted from the SND report ring too true: Amid all our positive observations, we became concerned about the state of photojournalism in the pages we saw. We missed emotional photographs. Glossy...

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February 15, 2011

Multimedia Boot Camp

FYI … Dear Journalism Colleague, We know this is true: good multimedia training is critical for journalists and journalism educators. Freedom Forum New Media Training at the Diversity Institute will offer a Multimedia Boot Camp for Journalism Professionals and Educators Feb. 23-27, 2011.   The multimedia training is tailored for journalists but open to anyone with an interest in multimedia storytelling,...

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