Category: Photojournalism

March 27, 2013

Cal Whipple Has Passed

His is not a name many of us know, but his work during World War II in ending military censorship changed the way we understand wars. David W. Dunlop at The New York Times wrote the story about how Cal Whipple went up the chain of command to get George Strock’s photo of three dead Americans published. Mr. Whipple and...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 27, 2013

On Fauxtojournalism

I want to give Alex Garcia at the Chicago Tribune an award. A plaque, a statue, name a bridge after him, something, anything, as a token of thanks for his latest Assignment Chicago blog entry. This has become a must-read for everyone of my students. And I think maybe every student of journalism, everywhere. The thoughts are not necessarily new,...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 26, 2013

Was Your Road Trip Like This?

Nice gallery up over at CNN.com looking at the work of Paul McDonough did while road tripping across America in the 1970s. Some fun stuff in there, makes me rethink how to shoot my vacation photos.

Categories Craft/Photojournalism

March 25, 2013

Learn About Snow Fall

On Tuesday, John Branch from The New York Times will be talking about the stunning Snow Fall project he wrote late last year. If you haven’t experienced – and that’s a deliberate word choice – this, you have to click on the link. He will be speaking at 12:30 in the Tate Reception Hall, which is on the first floor...

Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 25, 2013

Still Focused, and Focusing, After 45 Years

Nice piece about Richmond Times Dispatch photojournalist Bob Brown online today, who is coming up on 45 years of shooting at the same paper. And it’s not a retirement story, either – the 75 year old is continuing on. (Thanks to Donald Winslow for the link.)

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism

March 25, 2013

Sneaking Into Iraq, Ten Years Ago

Yunghi Kim has a story up on National Geographic’s site about her efforts to get into Iraq at the start of the war a decade ago. I hesitated before posting this because a casual read may encourage others to try what she did, to cause others to believe this wasn’t as difficult or harrowing as it probably was. With a...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 22, 2013

Format or Erase All?

I’ve always taught my students to reformat cards after they have downloaded and backed up their images. Occasionally, someone tells me I’m wrong … and, well, according to Michael Johnston over at the very well regarded The Online Photographer – I’m right. And for the right reason, too. So, to recap, when you put a card back in and need...

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 22, 2013

Notes on Book Publishing

Yesterday, we had our second annual Business of Visual Journalism symposium here and one of our speakers, Laurie Shock from Shock Design, left a copy of her presentation to share. Since I had a lot of requests, I’ve posted it online. I did pull out a lot of the images she used because of some copyright concerns as well as...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

March 21, 2013

The Business of Visual Journalism

Today’s the day … here’s the line up, all in the Drewry Room of Grady College. If you’re nearby, stop on in. 2, Billy Howard, talking about balancing commercial and personal work 3, Laurie Shock, talking about working with photographers on book and large projects 4, How Did You Get Here?, a panel of alumni talking about how they took...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 20, 2013

Wow … Well, At Least They’re Honest About It

How would you like to get your work critiqued by professionals in an online chat session? Sounds pretty cool, just hashtag them on Instagram or Twitter and yours might get selected for a review by your friends at The Wall Street Journal. Just, you know, pay no attention to the disclaimer that is longer than the announcement and that tells...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism