Advice & Learning – Page 58 – Visual Journalism

January 7, 2010

Peter Turnley Essay on Gifts Waiting at Every Corner

I have been a fan of Peter Turnley’s work since my early days a photojournalism student. There’s a quality to his work that resonates with me, that “slice-of-life” moment I’m always looking for. He has written an essay for The Online Photographer that talks about his growing up and into the photojournalist he is now. He talks a lot about...

Advice & Learning/Craft

January 7, 2010

8 Traits

Andrew Devigal tweeted about Mashable’s 8 Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalists. How many do you have under your belt now? How will you get the rest? And when?

Advice & Learning

January 5, 2010

Year End Confessions

Joe McNally and his crew are playing video games again, tempting fate, too.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Video

January 4, 2010

Alexia Foundation Competition

Disclosure – I have worked with the Alexia Foundation in the past and I have a great deal of admiration for this program, there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t enter. See me and I’ll help. Study photojournalism in London Alexia Scholarship pays all tuition for fall semester at Syracuse University London Program in England Cash grants, equipment and...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

December 30, 2009

The DV Rebellion Advice for Graduates Post

I’m pointing you over to another blog run by a Grady faculty member for Grady students – Prof. Jim Biddle’s DV Rebellion – because he has a post up for graduates that you need to read. Particularly parts like this: WHAT ARE YOU INVESTING IN? Laptops and editing systems are good if you intend to freelance…but what else do you...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

December 30, 2009

Every National Geographic Issue on One Hard Drive

National Geographic has had a DVD set of all their issues out for a while. (A previous CD-ROM version caused a little bit of a legal issue for them, as well.) Now, they’ve created a newer version that’s delivered on a hard drive. And is updatable (though there’s no hint as to what an update will cost). Who’ll be interested...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 29, 2009

UGA Students Talk about Grady’s Photojournalism Emphasis

As we were wrapping up the fall semester, I asked four students who were completing the photojournalism emphasis to talk a bit about their experiences. This is a little self-serving in that they’re all enthusiastic about the program, but, hey, I was doing the interviewing and still had to grade their final portfolios …

Advice & Learning

December 28, 2009

Rules and Lessons

There have been few multimedia sessions I’ve attended at conferences that affected me as much as seeing Richard Koci Hernandez at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar a few years ago. None. So when he wrote a book, I bought it. And when he tells me there are rules and lessons for learning multimedia, even though I’ve heard them all before, I...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia

December 28, 2009

Alexia Foundation Competition

Disclosure – I have worked with the Alexia Foundation in the past and I have a great deal of admiration for this program, there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t enter. See me and I’ll help. Study photojournalism in London Alexia Scholarship pays all tuition for fall semester at Syracuse University London Program in England Cash grants, equipment and...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

December 28, 2009

NPPA Advanced Storytelling Workshop

FYI … NPPA Advanced StoryTelling Workshop April 11-16, 2010 Texas State University San Marcos Texas Lots of people take pretty pictures; we will teach you to craft them into memorable stories. This exciting week-long program is designed for experienced TV and newspaper photojournalists, reporters, and video journalists (VJs) – anyone who tells stories with moving pictures, sound and words. Everyone...

Advice & Learning

Category: Advice & Learning

Peter Turnley Essay on Gifts Waiting at Every Corner

8 Traits

Year End Confessions

Alexia Foundation Competition

The DV Rebellion Advice for Graduates Post

Every National Geographic Issue on One Hard Drive

UGA Students Talk about Grady’s Photojournalism Emphasis

Rules and Lessons

Alexia Foundation Competition

NPPA Advanced Storytelling Workshop