Visual Journalism – Page 191 – Notes from aside the camera

April 21, 2011

The Mountain Workshops – Oct. 18-22

The Mountain Workshops are considered to be one of the best out there, well worth getting on your radar screen. From their press release: Final plans for The Mountain Workshops 2011 are coming together! It will be held in Somerset, Kentucky Oct. 18 – 22. We will begin accepting applications on-line on July 1. The prices for the workshops are:...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Journalism

April 20, 2011

NPR on Hondros, Hetherington and the Toll of Conflict Photography

NPR’s Jackie Lyden writes about the deaths and lives of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington.

Journalism

April 20, 2011

Second Photojournalist Dies in Libya

It has been confirmed that Chris Hondros from Getty Images has also died in Libya today. In 2007, MSNBC.com published an interview with him that looks at the work he was doing then in Iraq and Africa. An awful day.

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

April 20, 2011

Photojournalists Killed, Wounded in Libya

A straight pass through to the National Press Photographers Association, who is reporting that Tim Hetherington has been killed in Libya and several other photojournalists have been wounded.

Business & Industry/Journalism

April 20, 2011

Journalism Education and Technology Needs

An interesting piece in The Maneater, a student publication at the University of Missouri, about the requirement for all of their journalism students to have an Apple iPod Touch for use in their course work. It’s of particular note to me as we at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia are starting to...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Tech Talk

April 20, 2011

The Pulitzer He Didn’t Want

Donald Winslow (who is the editor of the National Press Photographers Association’s News Photographer magazine) wrote a piece for the New York Times’ Lens blog on his old friend, Eddie Adams, in which he explains why Adams never wanted to talk about his most famous image. It’s a fascinating look into Adams and the anger and frustration he felt for...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism

April 20, 2011

No Words

Just, well … Go Look. That’s what every photojournalist is dreaming about.

Good Work

April 19, 2011

Win a Contest, Get a Mentor

Seems like every week, someone sends me a contest they want shared with my students. They all talk about how great it would be if they win, the exposure! The fame! They never talk about how every submission becomes the property of the company sponsoring the contest, though. This one is different, though – UPIU is running a story idea...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

April 19, 2011

Times-Picayune Photojournalist Issued Court Summons

According to the story on the New Orleans Times-Picayune web site, Ted Jackson was attempting to photograph a traffic crash on an elevated highway when the incident happened. The comments on the story, seven pages worth of them, are very telling in how some people perceive our role in these situations.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

April 18, 2011

In the Flickr Fight, it’s Nikon vs. … iPhone?

Yep, according to the statistics, the iPhone is rapidly approaching the number one camera option on Flickr. Why? Because it’s always with people, that’s why. (Heck, Chase Jarvis even wrote a book about it being the best camera Sort of.) (Thanks to CNN’s Victor Hernandez for the link.)

Tech Talk