Visual Journalism – Page 220 – Notes from aside the camera

September 7, 2010

John Loengard on Being a Picture Editor

John Loengard has a guest post over on Scott Kelby’s site, and it’s an entry that every aspiring photographer and picture editor has to read. The role of the picture editor is, perhaps, the most misunderstood one in the communication industry. No one likes their picture editor – not the photographers nor the editors on high. But the role a...

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September 5, 2010

Belle Isle, Over Time

Gina Damron and Brian Kaufman from the Detroit Free Press put together a wonderful video piece that looks at a year in the life of Belle Isle, Detroit’s island park. Spend the time on all three pieces, worth it. (Thanks to Seth Gitner for the link.)

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September 3, 2010

Uhh, Really? A Musical About an FSA Photographer?

I am as big a fan of Dorothea Lange as you will find. Take away all the issues around her life, just her work alone is amazing stuff. But to make a musical about her life? Uhhh … hmmm … okay, I won’t pass judgement on this. Because, well, I like the overture … oh, wait, I just listened to...

Journalism/Photojournalism

September 2, 2010

Denver Post on the Days of Summer

Meghan Lyden is just one of the best picture editors around … she puts together the Denver Post’s Plog (photo blog) and has collected a great set of images looking back at the summer that was. I want to live in about two thirds of those images …

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August 31, 2010

Secs in the City

Up at My Old School, incoming grad students go through a six week boot camp that now includes a multimedia component. The students are required to produce a 60 second video or audio slide show about someone (or thing) within the neighborhood of Syracuse, New York. I think this is brilliant. And, given the quality on some of these first-attempt...

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August 27, 2010

Clever Designs

Second post linking to the other side of the pond today … I may need fish and chips for lunch … Design Shack has a collection of 50 clever logo designs. I am in awe of people who come up with such things as I have tried and not had a tremendous amount of success with them over the years....

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August 27, 2010

(Someone Else’s) Five Step Guide to Blogging

Adam Westbrook, who is pretty smart even by British standards, did a five-part series on blogging for journalists. Won’t take too much of your time and, if you’re not blogging, you need to do this to survive in journalism now … Why Journalists Must Blog Now How to Create Your Blog How to Build an Audience Giving Your Blog a...

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August 27, 2010

Internship Opp.: The White House

That time again … application deadline for the next round of internships at The White House is October 3.

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August 24, 2010

More Advice for the Journalism Student

Well, Robert Niles over at the Online Journalism Review has presented almost all of my ideas in one handy post. All five of his ideas are solid and, if you’re not already doing them, it’s time to get going. Several of these have been incorporated into my advanced class and, next semester, may trickle down to the introductory courses, as...

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August 19, 2010

Reporting Skills for Today and Tomorrow

Mindy McAdams, the Flash Goddess (her words), posted a question about what skills a reporter needs now. She started with a basic list, but go through the comments (and add your own), some interesting ideas in there. I’ve added a few in there, as well.

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