Visual Journalism – Page 248 – Notes from aside the camera

November 18, 2009

Getting Online Video to Work

Two posts online this morning, each linked in content … first up is the Poynter Institute’s Regina McCombs talking about what works in the online video realm. Her assessment mirrors my favorite response to students, “It depends.” Based on the questions that lead to that post, Chuck Fadley at MiamiHerald.com talks about what has worked there, which comes down to...

Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 17, 2009

Dilbert on News Aggregation

So sad, so true …

Ethics & Legal

November 17, 2009

YouTube Creates Link to Media Sites

The New York Times is reporting this morning that YouTube has signed a deal with several media companies, including National Public Radio, to help handle video from “citizen journalists.” Citizens can click a link on the media sites and send their “news” reports to them where they can be reviewed by editors for possibly publication on the site. My first,...

Tech Talk/Video

November 16, 2009

Free Webinar on SEO for Photojournalists

The National Press Photographers Associations next free online workshop, titled, “Get Found: Search Engine Optimization for Photography Web Sites,” is scheduled for this Thursday, November 18, at 7 p.m. The workshops are co-sponsored by PhotoShelter and are available online as archives after the sessions.

Advice & Learning

November 16, 2009

DigitalJournalist.org to be Unplugged?

Say it isn’t so … but Dirck Halstead, who has run the Digital Journalist online magazine for a dozen years, has informed his readers that the site may go dormant after December’s issue. Long-time sponsor Canon has withdrawn its financial support, but he’s hoping to keep it alive through PayPal donations. Halstead was on of the pioneers of online, non-broadcast...

Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 16, 2009

5 Ways to Improve Your Shooting Without a Camera

Courtesy of Michael Zhang’s Twitter feed … put the camera down, or aside, and practice these techniques for seeing.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

November 16, 2009

College Photographer of the Year Awards

They’re up – the 2009 CPOY award winners. And while a lot of them make me jealous, there’s one … that’s … well … you’ll find it. It’s funny, but … uh … every photojournalism professor in the country I know of discourages that particular subject.

Competitions/Good Work

November 15, 2009

On Typography

One of several interests about which I know nowhere near enough … the New York Times talks about typographical errors. (My grad school graphics professor will be proud, I hope, to know I still study this stuff.

Graphic Design

November 15, 2009

“How I Got That Shot of Ayatollah Khomeini”

My admiration for David Burnett is well known, so posting links to his work is an automatic thing at this point. So Slate’s slide show of his work from the Iranian revolution, complete with his commentary, is worth spending a few minutes on. (Thanks to former student Thomas O’Connor for the heads up.)

Good Work

November 14, 2009

Get Online and Vote!

National Press Photographers Association members – you know there’s a national election going on right now, correct? Get over to the NPPA web site, log in and cast your ballot. Everything’s different now in how the board is structured, so pay attention to the new plan.

Photojournalism