Category: Thoughts & Theory

April 16, 2014

By Us, For Them

Two pieces floated through the ether to me this morning. The first is a personal essay by the Boston Globe’s John Tlumacki, reflecting on his coverage over the last year of the Boston Marathon attacks and subsequent recovery. His work on the recovery of the victims is just as strong as the work he produced last year – work that,...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 15, 2014

Local Talk on Covering Grief and Loss

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting Jessica Handler on Thursday, April 17, for a luncheon talk on covering grief and loss. It’s free and there’s pizza, why wouldn’t you want to come?

Categories Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 10, 2014

The Camera as Companion

Preach it, Dave LaBelle, preach it. Why can’t I say things like that?

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 2, 2014

Ochberg Society Exhibit in Athens

We will be hosting a traveling exhibit of images from the Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism here at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication for the next few weeks. It opens on Thursday, April 3, with a 4 p.m. panel discussion featuring CNN’s Jan Winburn, Moni Basu and David Rust, and ShareWIK’s Diana Keough. This...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 1, 2014

Pioneer Press Going All iPhone, Big Nikon Sale Ahead

Ben Garvin sent along a link to a note this morning saying the Pioneer-Press is going all iPhone for photography. Hard to argue with their reasoning, really. Also, all their Nikon gear will be going up for sale shortly on eBay. Given the trends in the industry and the cost cutting at the university, I have been seriously rethinking the...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 30, 2014

Jarecke Interviews Burnett

Very late in spotting this, but Kenneth Jarecke interviewed David Burnett a while back about covering the Olympics in Sochi. One question, asked well, framed everything for me: I see many photographers working to not miss an image instead of working to make an image that is really special. How do you approach the events? And that, to me, is...

Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 25, 2014

Refresher Time

Every now and then, it’s good to get a little refresher on how to be a pro.

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 21, 2014

Getting the Cranky Out

I’m about to go hide in the Photo Cave for several hours. It’s not that I don’t like my cave, it’s just I wasn’t expecting to be in there today … and this has made me cranky. I’ve been ranting for several hours now that I shouldn’t have to do this, that it’s someone else’s fault. A sure sign I’ve...

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 18, 2014

The General’s Selfie

Apparently I’m a few days behind the curve on this, but General Colin Powell posted what we now call a selfie over the weekend – from sixty years ago. I have one from the 1980s I could dig out … but won’t.

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 14, 2014

The Ethics of Managing Conflict Journalism

James Estrin has a must read story at The New York Times’ Lens blog looking at the apparent use of activists and untrained photographers in Syria. There are portions of this that horrify me – including the triggering act of an 18 year old, apparently equipped and paid by Reuters, who was killed recently. The ethical concerns involve more than...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory