Visual Journalism – Page 163 – Notes from aside the camera

September 3, 2011

The Sky Cowboys

Great piece by Damon Winter for the New York Times on ironworkers changing the skyline of New York. Beautifully shot, but pay close attention to the audio work – he layering of sounds, the pacing of the voices, the tight, tight editing … all done by one of my former classmates, Pamela Chen. You could close your ideas and still...

Craft/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

September 3, 2011

Tips from CNN

Aimed at the CNN iReporters, Mark Hill has put together a primer on how to shoot for the news. Some good ideas in there.

Craft/Tech Talk

September 2, 2011

The Challenge of Mixing Audio and Photography

Olivier Laurent has a great piece up on the British Journal of Photography about the art and craft of using audio with photography, one of the best intellectual looks at it I’ve seen.

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 1, 2011

There’s a Difference Between TV Pundits and Robots, I’m Sure

But this isn’t helping me see what it is … The Creative Machine Lab at Cornell University decided to have two Cleverbots talk to each other. Very entertaining.

Tech Talk

September 1, 2011

Sure, I’d Love to Volunteer, But Let Me Ask You This …

Emails, I get emails. And phone calls, too. Sometimes letters, but not often. Mostly emails. Dear Prof. Johnson, We are holding a banquet/function/event next week and would like to provide your students with an opportunity for experience in shooting this. We think it will be a great opportunity for them to learn more about photojournalism. While we can’t pay, we...

Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory

August 31, 2011

More Advice for Journalism Students

Mindy McAdams, the Flash Goddess (she likes to be called that, or so she says), has a post up on what students need to do to land that first job. Good advice for the kids and those looking to move onto other digs – first you must do stuff, then you must do it well.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

August 31, 2011

Sacrificing Himself, Larry Price Stands Up for Quality

Pulitzer Prize winner Larry Price has resigned as Director of Photography for the Dayton Daily News. Price had been asked to cut his staff and decided he couldn’t do it, according to a story in the Dayton Business Journal.

Business & Industry

August 30, 2011

On Compromise

I was down at the Poynter Institute for the oddly-names Teachapalooza conference last month where we were told to think of this as an old-fashioned tent revival. Whenever someone said something really smart, we should all yell, “TEACH IT!” I should have yelled more, but I was to busy typing out brilliant ideas to steal. Except, we were also told...

Craft/Tech Talk

August 30, 2011

“This Is What I Do. This Is All That I Know.”

The New York Times’ Lens blog has an interview up with Joao Silva who lost both of his legs last year to a land mine in Afghanistan. It’s by far the most comprehensive interview with him that I have seen and he talks, at length, about what happened that day, what he has gone through in recovery, how he came...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

August 29, 2011

Sorry World …

… but I released another 31 kids into the wild who want to be photojournalists today. They’ll be all over campus for the rest of the semester, ready to capture the moments that make life real. So, don’t do anything stupid in public, eh?

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism