April 6, 2011 Bill Cunningham, Fashion Photographer I am not a fashion guy (or even fashionable, really), but this trailer for Richard Press’ film Bill Cunningham: New York is intriguing. Categories Good Work/Video
April 5, 2011 Holy Holi – Why Color Rocks From time to time, we photojournalists have this little debate about shooting in color or black and white. I came of age as newspapers were fully transitioning from one to the other and, while I appreciate the simplicity and starkness of a great monochromatic image, my world is in color. Always has been, hopefully always will be. I shot my... Categories Good Work
April 5, 2011 Into the Unknown – NPR Photo Coverage from Japan and Haiti NPR has posted a photo gallery of images from David Gilkey comparing the devastation from earthquakes in Haiti and Japan. Some of the parallels are eerie as each country begins the recovery process. There’s an audio interview with Gilkey, as well, where he talks about what it was like shooting in these situations, especially describing the sounds of Haiti and... Categories Good Work/Journalism
April 4, 2011 Journalist, Brand Thyself So says Roy Peter Clark over at the Poynter Institute in a column posted today. And, he’s right. (I almost typed, “write” .. honest.) To quote: Do you believe in what you do? Does your work reflect a noble mission and purpose? Then it is not enough, oh author, to create it. You must do everything in your power to... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism
April 4, 2011 Reporting on the Radio with an iPhone – Only Over on Mediashift, Neal Augenstein has a write-up of his year working with just an iPhone. He’s a reporter for WTOP in Washington, D.C., and has been recording all of his audio on it, as well as editing it, for broadcast. He’s listed the software and workflows for how he handles photos, video and live broadcasts, too – good info... Categories Audio/Journalism/Tech Talk
April 4, 2011 On Being a Social Media Manager Good interview over at LostRemote.com with Evone Benedict who became KING-TV’s social media manager late last year. She talks about what she does and the response from the community and her colleagues. Categories Journalism/Multimedia
April 1, 2011 Kodak Announces Relationsiffft Right there on the front page of Kodak’s web site – the Automated Person Purge technology you’ve been waiting for. It is based on our dodecahedron-surfaced pixel technology. When light hits each dodo-pixel the sensor actually reflects and records data in and around the object. Who needs blocking technology when you have this? Categories Tech Talk
April 1, 2011 Addario on Morning Edition Lynsey Adario, one of the New York Times journalists who was captured in Libya, did an interview with NPR’s Morning Edition. It aired on Friday and the audio is available online. For instance, there was the night that a soldier riding in the passenger seat leaned back to stroke Addario’s hair and face — repeatedly murmuring a phrase in Arabic.... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism
March 31, 2011 Lynsey Addario on Being Captured in Libya After being one of four New York Times journalists seized in Libya, Lynsey Addario has posted an entry on the Times’ Lens blog about why it’s important for women to cover war – and why gender shouldn’t, and doesn’t, matter. In talking about the reaction to their story being published, she says: Some comments said: “How dare a woman go... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism
March 31, 2011 Photos of Martin Luther King, Jr, Killer Found Spotted this in the local paper this morning (though the main story is from the Memphis Commercial Appeal which must be getting a lot of traffic today as their site won’t load) … Shelby County, Tennessee, officials found a cache of lost photos of James Earl Ray, the man who shot and killed Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis 43... Categories Good Work/Journalism