Visual Journalism – Page 219 – Notes from aside the camera

September 16, 2010

Optimism in Photojournalism

As promised, here’s the optimism for today … on the New York Times‘ Lens blog, James Estrin writes about Luzeo Images, a photojournalism collective founded by several UGA Photojournalism alumni, and how they are combatting the “photojournalism is dead” mantra we’ve been hearing since … um … 1930? No, wait, then we had the Farm Securities Administration work … 1936? No, that’s...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism

September 16, 2010

Civil Rights Era Photographer Revealed as FBI Informant

The Memphis Commercial Appeal has a very detailed story up that looks at the work Ernest Withers did, both as a photographer during the Civil Rights movement and as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Ethics & Legal/Journalism

September 16, 2010

International Relations, Photojournalism and Pelé

Sitting in my office a few minutes ago, a newspaper came sliding under the partially-closed door. My name, in the classic red ink of Professor Conrad Fink, and his initials, above an obit piece on John Varley. It’s an interesting read about a photograph I’ve seen before but didn’t really comprehend that well. Varley, a British news photographer, made the image...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 16, 2010

Journalism as a Dinner Party

Get your attention? It’s not my line, I stole it from Khoi Vinh who tossed it out during a presentation in Zurich last week (video below). He was talking about how journalism needs to be tied to user experience much more tightly now because of all the platforms it can be delivered upon. A few quotes … Even though great...

Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Journalism

September 13, 2010

Social Media Meltdown

Made me laugh …

At Work/Business & Industry

September 13, 2010

Twittering Students

I have my Advanced Photojournalism students on Twitter (and blogging), but I have to say this exchange that I found this morning made me chuckle. (Remember to read from the bottom up.) Makes the old D-76 in the bloodstream flow a little better seeing that. Of course, I preach that the photojournalism classes will be the least used courses they...

Advice & Learning

September 12, 2010

Photography as You Remember It

Ahh, the good old days. When photography was easy … and not quite so convenient. (Thanks to Richard Hamm for the link.)

Tech Talk

September 10, 2010

Hmmm … What is the New York Times Doing Next?

Sounds like the Times has something up their sleeve with their News.me domain. I’m curious … the blog post mentions a Flipboard-like service, which if it’s done legally and helps generate revenue, I’m all for it. (Haven’t looked at Flipboard for the iPad? Here’s my $0.05 review – it’s a content scraper. Stay away from it.)

Business & Industry/Journalism/Tech Talk

September 10, 2010

Free Knight Multimedia Training for Mid-career Journalists

Yep, free – as in get yourself there yourself and they’ll cover the training. There are, of course, some caveats: The multimedia workshop, Web 2.0 and Interactive Census training application process requires a letter of interest, resume, a training plan and a letter of support from your supervisor. The supervisor needs to confirm that the organization will spend a minimum...

Advice & Learning/Journalism

September 9, 2010

Terrorists, Again

Carlos Miller points out a new Transportation Security Agency poster that insinuates photographers who take photos of planes are terrorists. Really? Really? In the handful of domestic terrorism incidents we have had in the United States, never have photographs of planes or airports been found during the investigations that followed the attacks that I am aware of. And I am...

Journalism/Thoughts & Theory