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December 12, 2014

We’ve Lost Michel du Cille

The news came out late yesterday – three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michel du Cille died of an apparent heart attack while on assignment for the Washington Postin Liberia. He was 58. At the bottom of that story are links to his work – spend time with them. There has always been an intimacy to his work, a humaneness to it...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 11, 2014

Judging, Helping Judges and Being Judged

Zack Arias has a great post up on his involvement with contests over the years, well worth a read.

Competitions/Photojournalism

December 11, 2014

I Should Have Run …

In July of 1985, photojournalist John Harte made an image that is still discussed in photojournalism ethics classes of a family identifying a drowned boy’s body. It turns out, that wasn’t the only controversial image he made that day – his editors spiked a photo from a bikini contest at the same park due to concerns over how many phone...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

December 10, 2014

Is Livestreaming Journalism?

It may seem like a strange question, but New York Magazine has a piece up that asks if livestreaming is the future of journalism or activism. I don’t have an answer, but I have some thoughts on this. And my thought is … no. Livestreaming is not journalism. Perhaps it is news reporting, but I don’t think it is journalism....

At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

December 9, 2014

National Geographic’s Innovator

Nice piece on Kenji Yamaguchi, the man who makes wonderful things for National Geographic photojournalists.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 7, 2014

Advice from David Turnley

David Turnley, long one of my favorites, visited John Dykstra’s classroom last month and passed along some advice on street photography. Deep down in that link there’s a segment about what we call poverty tourism – the current trend of going someplace just to see how the other half lives. Nobody likes people with big lenses who just walk by,...

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 7, 2014

Stephen Crowley On Covering Politics

PDNOnline’s David Walker talked with The New York Times’ Stephen Crowley about his work covering Washington politics. When asked what fascinates him about the topic, he answered: It’s the sport of kings. You have teams, you have strong players and weak players and trades, and schemes. It’s always a story. And it’s a vocation you can do that actually benefits...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 6, 2014

American Photojournalist Killed in Yemen

The Associated Press is reporting photojournalist Luke Somers was killed during an American-led rescue attempt in Yemen.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

December 3, 2014

WPOW Elections

Congrats to UGA VJ alumna Melissa Golden on her election as president of the Women Photojournalists of Washington. As a heads up, the WPOW traveling exhibit will be visiting Athens in January 2015. Pencil January 9 into your daybooks for an opening and panel discussions here in Athens.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 29, 2014

PDNedu Student Photo Contest

Photo District News’ student photo contest has a December 8, 2014, submission deadline – great way to get a lot of people to see your story.