Visual Journalism – Page 111 – Notes from aside the camera

October 19, 2012

What’s Journalism and What’s Advertising?

The National Press Photographers Association’s Ethics Matters blog takes on the issue of the National Review altering an image from Reuters for their cover. This isn’t the first time this has come up, and it won’t be the last, but I’m thinking I may want to have a talk with my Advertising faculty colleagues about this, see if the ad...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

October 19, 2012

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

It’s time to register for the 2012 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. They’ve expanded and added a third day for video storytelling. Very cool.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 19, 2012

Portrait of a Presidency

Over at Times’s LightBox blog, Pete Souza talks about his time as President Obama’s photographer.

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

October 17, 2012

News Video Workshop Returns

After taking a year off, the NPPA’s News Video Workshop is back on for March 17-22 in Norman, Oklahoma. Some very cool things planned for this, worth getting yourself to if you can.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

October 17, 2012

The Ethics of Political Coverage

The second tenant of the National Press Photographers Association’s Code of Ethics, which all members must sign, reads: Resist being manipulated by staged photo opportunities. It’s a pretty simple statement – don’t allow people to lie to you, it goes nicely with the Society of Professional Journalists “Seek truth and report it” code. So what do you do when you’re...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

October 16, 2012

Swing States Swinging

Very cool infographic by Mike Bostock, Shan Carter and Amanda Cox over at The New York Times that looks at how swing states have swung over the last 60 years. Things like that make me want to be a designer … (Thanks to colleague Janet Frick for the link.)

Good Work/Graphic Design/Journalism

October 16, 2012

L.A. Times Time-Lapse of Shuttle Endeavor

This … this is about the most awesome use of time-lapse photography in journalism I’ve ever seen. The shot at 1:09? Totally freaking brilliant. Of course, I’m a total NASA-geek, so I’m probably a touch biased.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 12, 2012

NCAA and Instagram

Well, this is interesting. After listing Instagram as one of the apps that coaches can’t use to process images sent to recruits earlier in the week, the NCAA is now backtracking on this and saying the app, and others like it, are okay to use. To quote them: An NCAA educational column posted online that discussed the alteration of photos...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 11, 2012

No More Instagraming for College Coaches

Yep, you read that right – the NCAA has told coaches that they cannot use Instagram or other image-editing applications on photos sent to recruits. I kind of love the NCAA right now …

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

October 11, 2012

Art vs. Craft

Richard Hamm, a former student and current staff photojournalist at the Athens Banner-Herald, sent along a link to a post by photographer Derek Shapton where he talks about whether he is an artist or not. It’s a good read, particularly this segment: At best, assignment photographers are craftsmen, not artists, solving other people’s problems and putting other people’s ideas into...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism