Visual Journalism – Page 236 – Notes from aside the camera

February 25, 2010

Simple West Texas Visuals

Ken Kobré, the author of the text book we use in the Advanced Photojournalism course, posted a link to this Texas Country Reporter piece on a Far West Texas couple who’s living as their ancestors did – offline, off the grid, on the proverbial range. Watch it and pay close attention to the visuals – it is beautifully shot, with...

Good Work/Video

February 24, 2010

The “Tra-digital” Journalist

I didn’t coin the phrase (and not sure I’d admit to it if I did), but it’s being bantered about in a couple of places. Columbia University Prof. Sree Sreenivasan uses it in a post about a New York City gathering to talk about “The Future Journalist” – and there are some good tips in there. Particularly, I like this...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia

February 24, 2010

Bluejeans Workshop for Broadcast News

Every year the Broadcast News department here at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication runs a one-day Bluejeans Workshop. It’s scheduled for Saturday, March 20, this year and is cheap – $25 if you register by March 15. There are some panel discussions on the news industry as well as some workshops, including a “One-man band and entrepreneurial...

Advice & Learning

February 24, 2010

Competition: Virtue and Vice

The Society of Professional Designers is running a photo contest with some pretty nice prizes. Take a look, bring me the form if you’re interested in entering.

Competitions

February 23, 2010

Don’t Sell Yourself, Sell Your Benefits

We talk about the business of journalism in all of my classes, but never enough. (If we’re ever allowed to hire an adjunct again, I would lobby – heavily – to bring in one guy to teach a business class. I know who, I’ve had him in my classes already and he hits the proverbial home run every time.) Over...

Business & Industry

February 22, 2010

EGADS!! Who Needs This Much Memory?

The thought of a 64 gigabyte memory card is boggling. (Insert my story of buying 32 160 megabyte compact flash cards in 2001 at a cost of $399 – EACH – and a staffer losing one two weeks later.) I do love the line about a 144 petabyte card taking 153 years to download, though.

Tech Talk

February 21, 2010

UGA Alum on the Times’ Lens Blog

Kendrick Brinson, a co-founder of Luceo Images and a Grady College Photojournalism alumni, has her on-going story on Sun City up on the New York Times’ Lens blog. She’s been working on this story for a while, looking at the life of seniors in this Arizona community. It’s a great set of images – full of life, beautiful light and...

Good Work/Photojournalism

February 20, 2010

National Wildlife Federation Photo Content

Read all about it on their site – $5,000 prizes; pro, amateur and youth brackets. Make sure you take a look at the rules before entering – nothing too onerous in this one.

Competitions

February 20, 2010

The BBC Redesign

I have studied graphic design at several levels and am fascinated by excellent, executions of it. And am fully willing to admit that my abilities do not – yet – match my aspirations. So when I came across this explanation of how the BBC went through their redesign process for the web, I was entranced for a few moments. I...

Good Work/Graphic Design

February 16, 2010

The Weekend Workshop

I can’t believe it, but we’re a little over a week away from the Fifth Annual UGA Photojournalism Weekend Workshop. What started as a silly idea has blossomed into one of our signature events. On February 26, the Documentary Photography class will descend upon Elbert County for three days of shooting, editing and storytelling. Six professional editors will work with...

Advice & Learning