Visual Journalism – Page 287 – Notes from aside the camera

October 11, 2007

Photo Workshop in China

Passing this along … China Pre-Olympic Photographic WorkshopDecember 26, 2007 to January 12, 2008 Travel to Beijing China for a once in a lifetime Experience! The workshop will be conducted in cooperation with the School of Journalism of Renmin University, Beijing China. Renmin University is amongst the top rated universities in China. The photojournalism program of Renmin University has been...

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October 11, 2007

Obit: Alexandra Boulat, 45

Alexandra Boulat, a founding member of the VII agency, has passed away after suffering a brain aneurysm in June. Photo District News article.Blogher article.

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October 10, 2007

Meth or Suicide?

Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, posted this to her blog the other day – it’s an interesting look at how a possible suicide unfolded in Reno, Nev., as done by the Gazette-Journal. This is a basic SoundSlides presentation – but with strong narration and using the publicly available 911 tapes, it has a lot of detail. The visuals are simple but...

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October 7, 2007

UGA Photojournalism Students at Petit Le Mans

On Saturday, October 6, 13 University of Georgia photojournalism students headed out to Brasleton, Ga., for the 10th Annual Petit Le Mans and the Second Annual Motorsports Photojournalism Workshop. What? Yep, for the second year Grady College students spent a day covering the ten-hour (or 1000 miles) sports car race sanctioned by the American Le Mans Series. Three editors worked...

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October 4, 2007

Yet More Student Blog Work

Someone lit a fire under those kids … check out Richard Hamm’s “phlog” (as Kelly Wegel is fond of saying). He’s thrown up some galleries of older stuff to go with the new work.

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October 4, 2007

Ten percent of page views at NYTimes.com are of …

… slideshows. So says Vivian Schiller, general manager of NYTimes.com, in a piece on MarketWatch. (Thanks for the lead goes to Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess.)

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October 1, 2007

Workshops of Note

The NPPA’s Flying Short Course: Washington, D.C., on October 26 & 27. This is the 50th anniversary and looks to be hosted at USA Today’s headquarters.The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar: Gwinnett, Ga., on November 30 and December 1. Email me if you’re interested and I’ll put together a contact list. Do it now so we can try to fund some of...

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October 1, 2007

Reuters on Kenji Nagai

The Reuters photo blog has a brief on the image of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai who was killed in Myanmar last week.

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October 1, 2007

UGA Magazine Club

Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. – The Magazine Club is having a meeting and Kelly Simmons, editor of Georgia Magazine, is coming to chat with us. It’s 6:30 in Journalism 505. Georgia Magazine is looking for freelance writers, so this could be a good opportunity to get some clips, as well as network and get career advice.

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October 1, 2007

The Real Reason Newspapers Need to do Video

The Austin American-Statesman shows us why we need journalists who are prepared to work in all areas … (Okay, for some real commentary on the YouTubification of Amer … well, the world, try this piece instead.)

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