Visual Journalism – Page 230 – Notes from aside the camera

April 9, 2010

So Tempted …

I get a lot of email from folks looking to “hire” my students. Some are legitimate and turn into good opportunities, but most … well, most fall into a category that I would, at best, describe as vile. The most recent example: Wedding Photography Assistants Needed! Hi Photography and Journalism Professors! Can you please post this to your photography listserv,...

Business & Industry

April 8, 2010

10 Reasons to Get Your Social Media Game On

(Thanks to Tammi Marcoullier for the link.)

Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia

April 8, 2010

Whoa … I Want To Go To Columbia Now

Columbia University has decided to offer a joint journalism-computer science graduate degree. The geek in me just got way too excited. The new dual-degree program, which was approved by Columbia University’s Faculty Senate on Friday, April 2, and is now up for final approval by the New York State Department of Education, is designed to provide graduate students with both...

Advice & Learning/Journalism

April 8, 2010

It’s Official – Convergence 2010

I hinted at this to some people a while ago, but it’s for real now – I’m the chair for the National Press Photographers Association’s Convergence 2010 conference. Hard to avoid this now … So, as visual journalists, what do you want out of this conference? I’m still building the program and am very interested in your ideas. Send them...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

April 7, 2010

Art Wolfe on Composition

It is not often that the thought process of how we build an image manifests itself in the actual images we produce. The longer we shoot, the more we edit, compose and crop in our minds before committing light to pixels. Over on the Luminous Landscape site, Art Wolfe has the series of images I keep meaning to shoot for...

Good Work

April 6, 2010

Managing Your Journalism Career

The Poynter Institute will be running a webinar for students on managing your career. It’s Wednesday, April 7 at 2 p.m. (it will be archived for later viewing, too). Cost is $15.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

April 6, 2010

Video of the Killing of a Reuters Crew Surfaces

The New York Times has a story with good background on the 2007 deaths of a Reuters photographer and driver in Iraq. The video, which was secured by the website wikileaks.org, is chilling. Reuters has been trying to gain access to this helicopter footage for the last few years as it shows Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism

April 5, 2010

Morning Thought

I’m sitting here, trying not to run back and forth to the mailroom and business office. Waiting, waiting. The college ordered an iPad for me and, while everyone else in the world has had their grubby hands on one for 48 hours now, I’m still waiting … waiting. But then I looked over at my Twitter stream and saw something...

Journalism

April 1, 2010

Afghanistan from an iPhone

Associated Press photojournalist David Guttenfelder’s images have been stunning over the last seven years. His combat photography has brought the conflict in Afghanistan into the homes of millions of people. Now, he’s released a set of semi-behind the scenes images shot with his iPhone. It’s a more personal look at the lives of those he’s covered, showing you some scenes...

Good Work

April 1, 2010

Standardizing Photography, Again

Scott Bourne has a small rant up about Olympus and the non-standard connecting cables they ship with their latest cameras. I have to say, I agree completely with him. While everyone thinks they have a better way of doing things, sometimes the standard way is a standard because it works for the largest number of people out there. Compromises suck....

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory