Visual Journalism – Page 277 – Notes from aside the camera

February 14, 2008

The Speed of News

I spent time working for the wires (Associated Press and Agence France-Presse) and did enough newspaper night coverage to have pushed deadlines as much as the next guy. I remember waiting for a lower-office candidate to concede one night in Providence, R.I., so we could get the governor to come out and celebrate his win. That little twerp, down by...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 13, 2008

Is This New Media Stuff Important?

Got an email from one of our big supporters, Mike Haskey at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. As to why this is important……..you may tell your students that we recently filled a staff photographer opening with a local TV videographer who also has a PJ degree. I was only able to fill the position because of his “hybrid” skills. We had plenty...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

February 12, 2008

(Not) Instant Death – Polaroid's In Trouble

This has been coming for quite some time, I suppose, but Polaroid – the company that invented the instant camera – is laying off 450 workers, shuttering factories and will cease production of all instant films. Many readers here will scratch their heads and wonder why this matters. Film’s dead, right? Probably, or at least gasping for air on a...

Business & Industry/Tech Talk

February 7, 2008

The Capital Times Moves to the Web

Two stories about The Capital Times, a 17,000 circulation paper in Madison, Wisc., shutting down their daily editions and moving to a twice a week tabloid and, primarily, the web. Their explanation. The NPPA’s story.

Business & Industry

February 6, 2008

White House News Photograhers Association Student Photographer of the Year Contest

(That may be the longest title I’ve written for a post.) The White House News Photographers Association has announced their 2008 student contest. Entries need to be submitted between February 1, 2008 and 11:59 p.m. on March 1, 2008. (That’s specific.) Info is on their web site. Winners will get a $1000 scholarship, two tickets to the black tie gala...

Competitions

February 5, 2008

I Play With … Stuff

For the Multimedia Journalism class, my students will be producing multimedia autobiographies today. They’ve been playing with audio and web design, today they get SoundSlides. Because I still haven’t produced enough audio slide shows (I mean, who has?), I decided to do another so I had examples and samples. I scanned images at home last night (after digging through several...

Advice & Learning/Audio/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk

February 4, 2008

Photo of Ernie Pyle Found

MSNBC.com has an Associated Press story about a photo of legendary World War II journalist Ernie Pyle. It’s never believed to have been published as it shows him just after he was shot and killed on Okinawa.

Good Work/Photojournalism

February 1, 2008

WooWho!! The Red & Black Goes Multimedia in a Big Way

They have dabbled, they have played. They have experimented. Now, they’ve figured out some stuff … In Wednesday’s edition, they broke a story about a faculty member with a history of sexual harassment charges having been filed against him, dating back almost 20 years. They also created an infographic timeline that ran on page one. Online they posted the documents...

Audio/Good Work/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Tech Talk

January 31, 2008

What Color is Your Sky?

And what color does your advisor want it to be? I keep checking my calendar to see if it’s April 1, 1919 or something …

Ethics & Legal

January 31, 2008

Meta Geek

As much as I try to be all about the story, I admit to being fascinated (in cycles) with the tech side of photojournalism and photography these days. Over on The Online Photographer, Marc Rochkind has a fascinating piece on meta metadata and what you can learn from it. Not going to do it myself, but, dude, that is so...

Tech Talk