Advice & Learning – Page 63 – Visual Journalism

September 18, 2009

On Being a Contendah

I have been a Joe McNally fan for … well, as for as long as I’ve known who he was. Which is a long, long time. And it’s not just because our sheepskins are stamped with the same bit of Latin (“Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat” – look it up). So the question then is, why? Well, he’s a heck of...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

September 16, 2009

"Free Press in Free Fall"

Art show opening over at ATHICA this weekend that looks at the problems of the journalism industry through art. May be worth swinging by, opening is Saturday, 7-9 p.m.

Advice & Learning

September 10, 2009

New NPPA Blog: The Visual Student

Okay, so Kevin Martin has beaten me to the punch – he’s created a blog on the National Press Photographers Association’s site for students, including a couple of posts asking about what makes a good intern. So, UGA student chapter – how are you going to top that?

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

September 7, 2009

Reporter's Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

Okay, I admit I haven’t read this as a whole, but I read all of the pieces as Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, posted them over the last year or so. She’s now compiled a 42 page PDF of her advice on stepping up your online journalism game. Given the thoroughness and inventiveness of her past work, this is a Must...

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August 31, 2009

Canon Live Learning Workshops and Classes in Atlanta

Our good friends at Canon sent along a note about their Live Learning Workshops which will be in Atlanta on October 3 and 4 this year, dealing with sessions on HD Video Basics, EOS Speedlite Creativity, and Nature/Landscapes. They’ve offered a $40 discount to UGA students for this, so give it some thought. Several of the instructors are top-notch folks,...

Advice & Learning

August 28, 2009

Sneaking in a Radical Moment

I try to keep this about photojournalism/visual journalism/multimedia journalism and, occasionally, a bit of humor. If you’ve sat in my classroom, though, you know I’m concerned about journalism in general and journalism education at a pretty high level. To say I’ve bruised my brain while beating my head against a brick wall from time to time would be an understatement...

Advice & Learning/Journalism

August 20, 2009

Other Orange Moments

Every now and then, Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, writes something that makes me want to go enroll at the University of Florida so I can take her classes. Of course, then I realize that my University of Georgia colleagues would execute me on Grady College’s front lawn and my alma mater, the really cool (okay, mostly frozen) Syracuse University wouldn’t...

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August 20, 2009

CoPress on Innovation

A little video that tells us … well, a lot of what we already know. It does reinforce what we should be doing, though, which is handy. I do wish it listed some ideas on things to try … it’s like you’re doctor telling you to exercise more. Um, okay … but where should I start? A Case for Innovation...

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August 12, 2009

Virtual Video Workshop – Sat., Sept. 19

FYI … The Virtual Video Workshop – A Workshop you can attend in your pajamas. Darren Durlach The Durlach Attack – essential skills at the speed of news Will demonstrate how “staying in the moment” and being an “active photographer” leads to better sound and pictures. He’ll also show some recent stories he wrote as well as shot. Boyd Huppert...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

July 17, 2009

Video Workshops at Home

We all know friends and colleagues who are worried – will their paper survive, will they survive the next round of cuts … so how do you prepare yourself to either find a new line of work or keep your current one? If you’re a (youngish) dinosaur like me, who grew up with Tri-X, Fujicolor and F3HPs you need to...