January 29, 2013 NPPF Scholarships Yep, the National Press Photographers Foundation has college scholarships for students returning to class next fall. There is no cost to apply, so why not? Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 29, 2013 At What Cost Magnification? There are photographers, and then there are people who collect photography equipment. If you’re reading this, you are probably in the former group and believe cameras and lenses are tools to tell stories. So, when Nikon users of both variants looked longing at Canon’s 800 mm f/5.6 lens, there were existential crises in the making: The other system has a... Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
January 29, 2013 Alexia Foundation Student Deadline is Feb. 1 A reminder that the deadline for student applications to the Alexia Foundation is this Friday, Feb. 1. It’s all online, and you could win big: Undergrad awards First Place if Winner is an Undergrad: • Full tuition for study at the SU London Program for the Fall 2013 semester. Tuition is about $19,000. • $1000 cash grant to help produce... Categories Advice & Learning/Competitions/Photojournalism
January 29, 2013 The Z-Man Covers His Sixth Super Bowl Fun, short piece on San Francisco 49ers team photographer Michael Zagaris who is in New Orleans to cover the team for his, and their, sixth Super Bowl appearance. Not bad for a guy who convinced a coach to create a job for him years ago. (Thanks to Rober Bain for the link via the NPPA Facebook group.) Categories Craft/Photojournalism
January 28, 2013 Captions Matter One graf in this NPR piece by Coburn Dukehart says it all. “I understand the poignancy of capturing a moment,” she says. “Photography is incredibly powerful when used appropriately, and all I am saying is, how about a little respect? Say who you are and get out of the bushes.” Journalism is about people. It’s all, and only, and absolutely,... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 24, 2013 White House Internship Deadlines Coming Up The internship application deadline for the White House’s fall 2013 session is coming up very quickly – Jan. 28, to be precise. While these are unpaid internships, it’s a tremendous opportunity to see what happens behind the scenes and network with a lot of very high-level people. Were I young again, I would totally go for this. Regardless of your... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
January 24, 2013 Why Networking Matters Does it pay to know people? In this industry, absolutely. Most recent example: How student Ryan Jones ended up in the room as ESPN interviewed Manti Te’o last week. (Thanks to colleague Prof. Vicki Michaelis for the link.) Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
January 24, 2013 Photojournalism Drones There’s been some buzz over the possibility of drones being used in journalism for the last year or two, now it’s starting to make its way into academia as Syracuse University Professor Dan Pacheco demoed one in an auditorium. Pacheco, the Syracuse University Newhouse School’s Horvitz Chair in Journalism Innovation, led a public seminar Wednesday to discuss the possibilities and... Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk
January 23, 2013 Required Reading? I bookmarked this a while ago … (wait, does anyone “bookmark” things anymore?) … over at PhotoShelter, Lauren Margolis collected the best blog posts about photography from 2012. Suspect there’s a semester’s worth of reading in there … Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
January 23, 2013 Remembering Old Images UGA alum Todd Robertson made an image more than two decades ago that has started a new life online. The image, of an African-American Georgia State Trooper and a small child dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe, was made at a Klan rally in Gainesville, Georgia. After more than two years, Robertson and the trooper, Allen Campbell, met and... Categories Photojournalism