Advice & Learning – Page 48 – Visual Journalism

January 11, 2011

Multimedia Immersion Workshop in May

While they haven’t opened registration yet, they have announced the dates for the 2011 Multimedia Immersion workshop in Syracuse, N.Y. – May 17-22. Get it on your calendar, this is one of the best out there. From the site … What You Will Learn: Effectively planning and developing your story to save time on your workflow and increase the quality...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia

January 10, 2011

The Kalish Workshop Reorganizes

After taking a year off to rethink and retool, the Kalish Workshop is back as a version 3.0. This news release came over the wires this morning: Jan. 10, 2011 THE KALISH 3.0 There are jobs out there for multi-media producers. There are jobs out there for visual editors who have creative ways of curating, quality, User Generated Visuals. There...

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January 9, 2011

Vlog: The Welcome, ICONN Announcements

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Video

January 6, 2011

ICONN is Coming

The Intercollegiate Online News Network’s Annual Conference will be here in Athens, Ga., on January 13 and 14–just a week away. Registration is open until noon on January 10 (and dirt cheap at $15 for students, $25 for faculty and professionals) and includes admission to the Thursday night banquet and lunch on Friday. We’ve lined up folks from a bunch...

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January 5, 2011

White House Internship

FYI, the deadline for applying for the White House Internship program is coming up this Sunday, January 9. Get your stuff in if you’re interested, that could be a cool way to spend the summer.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

January 5, 2011

NPPA to Offer Tuition Grants for Educational Programs

I know, another National Press Photographers Association post … but this one involves getting money for educational conferences and workshops. Take a look, see if you qualify and then put in a request. Maybe I’ll see you at the Northern Short Course in March.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

January 3, 2011

The Photographic Resolution

The resolving power of modern cameras is pretty stunning to me. When the transition from film to digital was just beginning, the state of the art in scanners could do a 2000 dpi scan of a negative. Digital will never come close to this, we said as we (silently) lusted after the original Kodak/Associated Press NC-2000. That camera produced a...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work

December 30, 2010

Mama, They’ve Taken My Kodachrome Away

Today’s the day. For generations of photographers, some time this afternoon, there may be a little hollowness in our hearts–Dwayne’s Photo will process the last rolls of Kodachrome today, a film Kodak discontinued last year. In production since 1935, I don’t think anyone knows how many historical and family moments have been recorded on it. I have an idea for...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Tech Talk

December 22, 2010

Summer Internships at The White House

I’ve posted this before, but the next set of deadlines is coming up on January 9 for summer internships at The White House. Not clear if there are photo opportunities, but the application does ask about video editing skills. Of course, it also asks what your favorite song and sports team are … which seems, um, odd.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

December 21, 2010

First App as a Text Book

For my spring Introduction to Photojournalism courses, I’ve decided to move away from the book I’ve been using, in some iteration, for the past 11 semesters and go to Joe McNally’s LIFE Guide to Digital Photography. After reading the book last month, it was a pretty easy choice. His enthusiasm and technical expertise come shining through–it may be the only...

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Multimedia Immersion Workshop in May

The Kalish Workshop Reorganizes

Vlog: The Welcome, ICONN Announcements

ICONN is Coming

White House Internship

NPPA to Offer Tuition Grants for Educational Programs

The Photographic Resolution

Mama, They’ve Taken My Kodachrome Away

Summer Internships at The White House

First App as a Text Book