Advice & Learning – Page 49 – Visual Journalism

December 21, 2010

Intercollegiate Online News Conference in Athens

We’re a few weeks away, time for more information … the ICONN Annual Conference will be here at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication on January 13 and 14. This conference, open to ICONN members and non-members, is designed to give both journalism students and journalism educators a forum to talk about online journalism–what is it now, where...

Advice & Learning/Journalism

December 6, 2010

Maybe It Is Time to Stop Teaching Photoshop …

Thinking out loud again, this time triggered by Andrew Goodall’s post on how photo editing (meaning, Photoshopping) is not a substitute for photography skills. Love this graf: I met a man who told me about his visit to Sea World. He took a bunch of photos of his wife, but he wasn’t happy with them because the skies were grey...

Advice & Learning

December 2, 2010

Taking Ansel Adams With You

On my (ever growing) list of Photographic Things I Must Do, near the top is to see an exhibition of Ansel Adams’ work, printed by him. I learned his Zone System for black and white exposure when I was an undergrad and, while it’s not an active part of my daily shooting, it’s certainly a part of it, helping me...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Tech Talk

November 30, 2010

Twenty Tips to Improve Your Multimedia Piece

Of course, one 20 point list would be a little overwhelming, thankfully MediaStorm’s Eric Maierson split it into two … over the course of 18 months … The first list talks about dissolves, movements, letting your visuals breathe and a little on music. The second one starts with making sure your edits serve a purpose–and that sentence and graf are...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 28, 2010

Reading to Get Ready

It was be very nice to be approaching the end of one semester and spend the remaining week concentrating on just these students, just these projects. But we wrap up, take a short break and then launch right into what comes next. Whatever that is … So I’ve been spending the last few days thinking and reading, trying to get...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 28, 2010

Combat Camera Prep … for Rugby?

It’s a war out there, folks … we better train. (Thanks to the Associated Press’ Susan Walsh for the link.)

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Video

November 22, 2010

Study Photojournalism in Berlin Next Summer

John Freeman at the University of Florida has been running a summer photojournalism program in Berlin for the last few years and it is something worth looking into. Several of my students have gone and all have reported back that it was a great experience. The two weeks (May 20-June 2) in Berlin costs under $1900 (plus airfare) and they...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Photojournalism

November 16, 2010

What Your Email Says About You

According to a story on CNN.com, it says a lot. If you want to believe all the snarky things they have to say … which … well … I do. And I love that graphic, don’t you? Some tips I share with my students … your university email account is the only official form of communication I have with you,...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 11, 2010

12 Things

Everyone loves a list … Emily Karol passed along the “12 Things Photo Students Need to Know Before Graduation” from Photoshelter’s Grover Sanschagrin. I like lists, too–it’s why I share them.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

November 4, 2010

Paper, Pixels and iPads: Rethinking Magazines

We have a speaker coming in on Tuesday, November 9, at 12:30 who I really want to see – and so should you. Rebecca Burns, the director of digital strategy for Emmis Publishing, will be discussing apps, ads, iPhones, blogging, webpages and Zinio. Why do we care about Emmis Publishing? They own Atlanta Magazine and Texas Monthly, along with a...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Tech Talk

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