Photojournalism – Page 152 – Visual Journalism

June 8, 2007

My Dream Job … Has Been Taken

There is one book that changed my life more than almost anything else. It convinced me to be a journalist, it reenforced my wandering habits. It taught me that good stories don’t come from good writers, they come from great subjects. William Least Heat Moon’s “Blue Highways” was loaned to me when I was a very impressionably 16-year-old and I...

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June 7, 2007

Twins with Lukemia

Former student Andy McFee has spent the last six months interning at the Chattanooga Times Free Press (one of the best photojournalism internships in the country, but don’t bother applying – it’s only for UGA students …). He worked on a story looking twin boys who were diagnosed with leukemia a few weeks apart. It’s a simple presentation, and it...

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June 7, 2007

A Little Late for This Year …

But bookmark this site for next year – the Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Va. I’ll probably see you there …

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May 20, 2007

11 Tips for Landscape Photography

(Those coming into JOUR3710 pay attention here – your first few assignments will be on pictorials and all of this applies.) Over at The Digital Photography School, there’s a great post talking about landscape photography. Not journalism, but some of the tips apply to seeing something we can all work on. (Thanks to Brother Brian for the link.)

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May 7, 2007

Annie Leibovitz at Atlanta's High Museum

The High Museum in Atlanta has a special event for the opening of Annie Leibovitz’s new show, “Celebrating a Photographer’s Life,” this Friday, May 11. Tickets are only $250 … Or maybe you just want to go see the 175 photos that are on exhibit from May 12 through September 9. I know I do.

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May 2, 2007

Lighting 102 – An Online Lighting Workshop

David over at Strobist has announced their second online lighting workshop, which will start June 4. Partnering the blog and Flickr groups, you’ll be able to follow along and work on your lighting techniques, post them to Flickr and see how other people handle the assignments. Not familiar with Strobist? Go poke around – their moto is “Less Gear. More...

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May 2, 2007

100 Good Things

Chip Litherland, from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, has put together a list of the 100 things that are completely right with photojournalism jobs.

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April 23, 2007

VT Student Photojournalist's Images

In the chaos following last week’s shootings at Virginia Tech, police detained a photojournalist shooting for the campus paper. Shaozhuo Cui was detained for two hours and his equipment held for two days. Now, his story and photos are in Newsweek and posted online at MSNBC.com – including him talking about the events and a collection of other images shot...

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April 23, 2007

A Prayer for Father Tim

Jim Gerhz and Maura Lerner at the Minneapolis Star Tribune teamed up for a story looking at a military chaplain who was injured in Iraq. Note the use of audio – subtle and effective. Look at the variety of images – no two ever look similar. Thanks to Lindy Dugger for the link.

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April 19, 2007

From Laos to Barrow

Su Anderson, the newest staff photographer at the Gwinnett Daily Post, has the first in a three-part series of audio slide shows looking at a the Hmong population in Barrow County, Georgia. Pay close attention to how she helps the reader identify who’s speaking – by cropping in on a group photo, then fading to the full version, the viewer...

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