Visual Journalism – Page 271 – Notes from aside the camera

June 8, 2008

Can I Shoot Here? – UPDATED

The Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C., has a piece on whether you can shoot photos in Union Station. Turns out, you can – but security doesn’t know that and has been harassing tourists and pros of late. Meanwhile, Bruce Schneier at The Guardian has a column on why photographers are considered threats by government agencies. The 9/11 terrorists didn’t photograph...

Ethics & Legal

June 7, 2008

The Long Train Ride Home

As most of you know, we just passed the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. CNN has posted a photo montage with narration by Magnum photographer Paul Fusco commenting on what he saw out the train windows. NPR has an interview with Bill Eppridge, who made the infamous image of Kennedy lying on the floor, being held by...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Journalism

May 19, 2008

"Did You Get the Shot?"

Every photojournalist will eventually come back to the newsroom with some tale of personal woe and pain from an assignment. And someone, somewhere, in that newsroom will ask if they got the shot. Never mind if a lens was smashed, a camera destroyed … or if the shooter had been pierced by a javelin. That guy deserves a raise.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

May 18, 2008

"Pay More Attention"

That title is a bit of a play on what this post is about. In, ahem, January 2007, my colleague Tim Atherton launched a blog – Muse-ings. I noted its existence and made a note to follow it … sigh, then never did. I stumbled across the note this morning and started poking at it. I came across one recent...

Craft/Photojournalism

May 16, 2008

Cover Shots

Khoi Vinh has a marvelous post up talking about album cover artwork. If you read through the comments, an interesting idea is pushed out … that newer records need to rely on bolder designs that are readable at a smaller scale. And not just because we’ve moved from albums to CDs, but that we’ve now moved down to that little...

Business & Industry/Graphic Design

May 15, 2008

Newly Minted Multimedia Journalists

Rusty Bailey, who’s at the Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune this summer as a multimedia intern, sent along a link to his first solo video – and a spot news piece, to boot. And Sara Guevara, in her first week on staff at the Gainesville (Ga.) Times shot a piece on a new business. But not just any new business – this...

At Work/Business & Industry/Multimedia/Tech Talk

May 6, 2008

Wicked Awesome Primary Results Map

Damon Kiesow up at the Nashua Telegraph tweeted this a few moments ago: it’s an interactive map of Indiana with county-by-county results from Tuesday’s presidential primary. How cool is that?

Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia

May 4, 2008

Make Your Own Documentary

PBS’ NOVA program has done something stunning – they’re releasing all of the raw video footage from their Car of the Future program. You can download it and re-edit the show. Ever wanted to make a documentary about ecology and car culture? Here’s your stock footage. No commercial usage, but that’s okay by me. For all of the multimedia students...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Tech Talk

May 4, 2008

Community Building

Something I can’t really talk about with any level of expertise (yet), but something I think we need to talk about: Internet communities. My reason for being a journalist was always community based – in order to succeed as a democratic institution, I believe it is imperative that we understand our community. And that’s where journalism comes in. Steve Yelvington...

Craft/Journalism

May 3, 2008

Family and Photojournalism

NPR has an interview with National Geographic’s Annie Griffiths Belt where she talks about life on the road with her family. Includes a comment about one of her kids traveling to 13 countries before she was born.

At Work/Business & Industry