Visual Journalism – Page 197 – Notes from aside the camera

March 16, 2011

Four New York Times Journalists Missing in Libya

From the New York Times … The missing journalists are Anthony Shadid, the Beirut bureau chief and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting; Stephen Farrell, a reporter and videographer who was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 and rescued by British commandos; and two photographers, Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario, who have worked extensively in the Middle...

At Work/Business & Industry

March 16, 2011

Five Typographical Tips

Concise piece on how to choose typefaces and the things to consider when designing by Dan Mayer over at Smashing Magazine. We don’t teach any full-scale graphic design or typography classes in the Journalism Department here at UGA … kind of wish we did.

Graphic Design

March 16, 2011

The Art and Ethics of Curation

Over on Mashable.com, Josh Sternberg takes on the idea of a new role for journalists: curator. But, really, it’s not a new role so much as it is a new title. Head over there and take a read, what do you think? Having just returned from SXSW Interactive, where the trade show was laced with app developers pushing some sort...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism

March 16, 2011

Photographic Milestones at National Geographic

Over on the National Geographic site, they’ve put up a gallery of photographic milestones from the magazine. There are a couple of segments (wildlife, space, underwater, etc.), but the main gallery – with the below image of a photographer washing his film in seawater – is the most interesting to me.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 16, 2011

News Story Shot on an iPad 2

It contains no edits, just a one shot deal, but reporter Mike McNeill with the Beaumont, Texas, Fox affiliate did a standup and interview on his iPad 2, which may be the first broadcast news piece done on the recent released tablet. (And, no, I don’t have one yet.)

Good Work/Tech Talk/Video

March 15, 2011

Whoa – Check Out This Sports Photo

Not much to say, but that’s a moment – both in what happened and catching it. Nice work, David Goldman. (Thanks to Michael Johnston at The Online Photographer for the link.)

Photojournalism

March 15, 2011

Reviewing Coverage from Japan

Matt Seitz at Salon has a short look at how television is covering the disaster in Japan. Love this quote: “Random acts of journalism are being committed.”

Journalism

March 15, 2011

ICONN Registration to Close on March 21

We’re almost there … but registration will close on Monday, March 21, for the Intercollegiate Online News Network’s Annual Conference. Get over there and get registered, we need a head count.

Advice & Learning

March 15, 2011

We’ve Lost Brian Lanker

Pulitzer winner, newspaper photojournalist and book author Brian Lanker has passed after a brief bout with cancer. NPPA President Sean Elliot also has a post about his experiences meeting Lanker when he was in school.

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 15, 2011

#SXSW Blog Briefs

This certainly isn’t complete, but here are some things I’ve tagged to go back to from other SXSW Interactive attendees … Daniel Spillers looks at not listening to your customers as a path to innovation and success. “Never ask people what they think of your product or idea.” (Reminds me of the Henry Ford comment about if he had asked...

Journalism/Multimedia