Visual Journalism – Page 243 – Notes from aside the camera

December 16, 2009

This May Be Why I Don’t Do Freelance Design Work

Every designer I know has been through this sort of thing, but have you ever wondered what would happen if stop signs were designed by a committee?

Good Work

December 16, 2009

Avoiding Scams

This should really be a longer, more thoughtful post, but I want to get it out there now … have gotten two phone calls from (former) students in the last three days asking about Great Online Deals. Deals that seemed Too Good to be True. Camera bodies or kits for hundreds less then everywhere else. Remember when your parents told...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

December 16, 2009

Alexia Foundation Competition

Disclosure – I have worked with the Alexia Foundation in the past and I have a great deal of admiration for this program, there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t enter. See me and I’ll help. Study photojournalism in London Alexia Scholarship pays all tuition for fall semester at Syracuse University London Program in England Cash grants, equipment and...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

December 16, 2009

Internship Opp.: The White House

Posting again, because they sent it again … Greetings from the White House Internship Program! The summer 2010 program has been posted, and we encourage your students to apply. A complete submission will include an application (with several short answer questions, two essay questions of 300-500 words each, and a one-page resume) and three letters of recommendation. The final application...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

December 15, 2009

Journalism’s Hottest Jobs

It’s not reporter, columnist or editor – according to Forbes.com, it’s social media director. I guess we need another new class … oh, wait, I think I proposed that once already.

At Work/Business & Industry

December 15, 2009

Tips for Shooting Concerts

Over on the Black Star Rising site, Joseph Linaschke has a post up on how to shoot concerts. And, given the high number of performances we have here in Athens, this is a topic I get a lot of questions about. (And occasionally think I should have as an assignment in one of my classes … hmmm.) While I haven’t...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

December 13, 2009

Do We Have Any Effect?

Years ago I went to an Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Washington, D.C. It was an odd trip – I was on the photo staff of my student newspaper, the football team was playing someone around the Washington area, there was a big protest heading for the mall and then there was this conference. Somehow, we covered it all...

Craft/Journalism

December 11, 2009

Why We Shoot

I met Michael King last week at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, but didn’t get to talk much with him. (I think I awkwardly stood near him as I tried to figure something out in my head … sorry, Michael.) I did talk with him on the phone once before, where I learned his boss is my old boss (and the...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism

December 11, 2009

Not Enough B-roll? Help is Available!

This is a bit of a stressful time for some students. (Some, not all.) So a little humor, particularly for those going into or having gone through a video journalism class here.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Video

December 11, 2009

Court Room Twitter/Blogging Guide

The Citizen Media Law Project has written a guide to help journalists blog or tweet from court. Some good advice.

Ethics & Legal