Category: Advice & Learning

October 4, 2007

Ten percent of page views at NYTimes.com are of …

… slideshows. So says Vivian Schiller, general manager of NYTimes.com, in a piece on MarketWatch. (Thanks for the lead goes to Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess.)

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia

October 1, 2007

Workshops of Note

The NPPA’s Flying Short Course: Washington, D.C., on October 26 & 27. This is the 50th anniversary and looks to be hosted at USA Today’s headquarters.The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar: Gwinnett, Ga., on November 30 and December 1. Email me if you’re interested and I’ll put together a contact list. Do it now so we can try to fund some of...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

October 1, 2007

UGA Magazine Club

Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. – The Magazine Club is having a meeting and Kelly Simmons, editor of Georgia Magazine, is coming to chat with us. It’s 6:30 in Journalism 505. Georgia Magazine is looking for freelance writers, so this could be a good opportunity to get some clips, as well as network and get career advice.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism

September 28, 2007

More Student Blogs

Some sent, some found. (Are you trying to hide these from me or something?) Rusty Bailey – no photos, yet. (Right?)Tyler GoforthWaites Laseter

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

September 28, 2007

Blogging For Bucks

Sort of … Dr. Kaye Sweetser points out that here is now a scholarship for bloggers … and, at $10,000, it’s, like, real money. (I’m SO going after my undergrad degree again with this.) More details details are on the CollegeScholarshop.org site.

Categories Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

September 25, 2007

ANOTHER New Student Blog

Sara Guevara is now online (again) and posting. Who’s next?

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

September 25, 2007

For the Sports Shooters

Slots still available for the SportsShooter Academy Boot Camp in early November.

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Multimedia/Photojournalism

September 24, 2007

New Student Blog

Kelly Wegel has joined us in the blogosphere … where are the rest of you?

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

September 18, 2007

Type Show

Didn’t see anything about this until today … The Broad Street Gallery in Athens has a show up called “Snap to Grid,” on Brett MacFadden’s experimental typography. Show runs through Sept. 28, I’m going to wander over there soon …

Categories Advice & Learning/Graphic Design

September 17, 2007

Starry Community

This has almost – almost – nothing to do with photojournalism, but it’s kind of cool … According to a story in this morning’s Athens Banner-Herald, there’s a new community forming in Taliaferro County. Themed communities are nothing new (look at golf or motor racing developments around courses), but this one is somewhat unique – it is focused on astronomy....

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