Category: Photojournalism

June 6, 2013

Colbert on the Sun-Times

Nope, I’m not quite done …

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 5, 2013

More From Chicago

For the record, I have nothing against horses, dead or alive, but I'm going to keep at this one … Alex Garcia at the Chicago Tribune refutes ten claims about why the Sun-Times debacle happened.  

Categories Photojournalism

June 4, 2013

Evidence of the Chicago Debacle

Curt Chandler has decided to use the debacle at the Chicago Sun-Times as an impetus to launch a new blog, and today he takes a loot at evidence of it all falling apart – comparing a Sun-Times local news story to the coverage in the competing Tribune. Yeah, some readers are going to get hosed …

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 1, 2013

More Thoughts on Chicago

I have been reading a lot of stories and posts about the elimination of the Chicago Sun-Times' photo staff this week, the most recent by Vincent Laforet. A few more random thoughts to fill up a Saturday morning from me … One of the great challenges of staff photojournalists is getting the newsroom to understand and, by extension, respect what...

Categories At Work/Photojournalism

May 31, 2013

Crossed Arms Photos

This is my favorite Tumblr blog of the week now – Jeremy Barr has one called Local People with Their Arms Crossed. A good reminder that good visuals are harder than they appear. (Thanks to Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon for the link)

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

May 31, 2013

More on the Sun-Times Debacle

The Chicago Tribune's Alex Garcia on what happened yesterday and why it is so wrong.  

Categories At Work/Photojournalism

May 30, 2013

Processing, Second Post

I know I already posted that the Chicago Sun-Times has decided to layoff what appears to be their entire photo staff, but I’ve been processing this for another hour or so. And, still, I’m dumbfounded. It goes against everything we know about delivering the news, that you need to have as many channels as possible for your audience to choose...

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

May 30, 2013

2013 Mountain Workshop Announced

FYI … We are very pleased to announce that Owensboro, Ky. will be the location for the 2013 Mountain Workshops. The workshops will take place Oct. 15-20. We will begin accepting applications on July 1 at: http://application.mountainworkshops.org The prices will remain the same as last year: • Photojournalism – – $625 prior to Sept. 15, $675 after Sept. 15 •...

Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

May 30, 2013

What Are They Thinking?

Chicago Sun-Times edition: multiple reports that the newspaper has laid off its entire staff of 20 photographers.

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

May 30, 2013

Know Your Sources

Over at BagNews Notes, Michael Shaw looks into the take-down of a New York Times Lens blog post that raises all sorts of questions. There are some disturbing ethical questions raised in there, not the least of which is how well did the Times fact check this story or when they used the images in the International Herald Tribune last...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism