Visual Journalism – Page 206 – Notes from aside the camera

January 20, 2011

Alexia Foundation Grant Deadline is Coming Up on Feb. 1

I have a long history with the Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Cultural Understanding, so let me say that up front. But I also think it’s an excellent organization and one that I have and will continue to support. The foundation, created by the parents of Alexia Tsairis after she was killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

January 20, 2011

Portraits from a Job-Starved City

The New York Times Magazine has published an online package of portraits and audio interviews from Rockford, Ill. Rockford hit 16% unemployment last year and Alec Soth, from Magnum Photos, and Michael Catano headed there to talk to people who still had a job. Most of the portraits have short audio clips with them, people talking about how they got...

Good Work

January 19, 2011

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Advice & Learning/Multimedia

January 19, 2011

Big Picture Editor Moving to The Atlantic

Alan Taylor, the brain child behind Boston.com’s The Big Picture photo blog, is leaving for The Atlantic, according to a story on the Nieman Journalism Lab’s web site. Taylor started the blog and ran it for the last two years while continuing to do his normal web development job. At the new gig, he’ll focus just on the images. I...

Business & Industry

January 18, 2011

Elliot Elected NPPA President

To almost no one’s surprise, my good friend Sean Elliot became the new president of the National Press Photographers Association this past weekend. I can think of no one more qualified, more committed and more passionate than Sean – he has been an excellent friend, a wonderful professional colleague and a strong advocate for all of us. And, thinking on...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

January 16, 2011

Vlog: The Week that Wasn’t

In which we talk briefly about the first week of classes at the University of Georgia, most of which were cancelled due to a snow storm that coated the area with ice.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Video

January 14, 2011

Poynter Fellowship for College Journalists

Sharpen up … um … your … wit? Style? No one sharpens pencils anymore … regardless, the Poynter Institute down in Florida is now taking applications for their summer fellowship. It’s a two week training tour de force that I wish I was eligible for. Highlights of what you’ll learn: What today’s newsrooms and employers will expect as you walk...

Advice & Learning

January 14, 2011

Shooting Away from the Center

I swear, sometimes I think I must be related to Michael Johnston over at The Online Photographer … his recent post on hitting the sweet spot with consumer level cameras is something I’ve tried to articulate before, but never quite so eloquently. The difference in image quality between an entry level DSLR (or even some higher end point and shoots)...

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

January 13, 2011

Tips for Journalism Job Interviews

The 10,000 Words site has posted Killer Tips for Acing Your Journalism Job Interview. Most of these are standard tips, but there’s detail in some of them that’s worth thinking about. In particular, knowing not only what this employer has been doing but what their competition has been up to, as well. Even if you’re going into a “newspaper” interview,...

Business & Industry

January 12, 2011

The Associated Press and Shepard Fairey Settle Copyright Claim

Shepard Fairey is the artist who created the Barack Obama Hope poster a few years back that the Associated Press claimed was based on an image they owned. Seems they have come to an agreement, though some details are remaining confidential.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal