February 21, 2014 Burnett in Sochi One of my heroes, David Burnett, was featured on the Olympics broadcast tonight. I want to hang around with him … Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 21, 2014 A Photographer’s Guide to the First Amendment Good video interview by PDNOnline with Mickey Osterreicher, the attorney for the National Press Photographers Association. Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 21, 2014 Video Postcards from South America OhMyGodOhMyGodOhMyGodOhMyGod – I so want to do video postcards like David Guttenfelder did across South America for the New York Times Magazine. So freaking cool … Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video
February 20, 2014 Camera Obscura Images in Atlanta The High Museum in Atlanta has an exhibit of Abelardo Morell’s The Universe Next Door. It opens this weekend and runs through May, if you’re in the area, worth taking a look – very cool stuff. Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 20, 2014 Alumn Goes Viral Sometimes, opening email is a pure joy … Jon-Michael Sullivan, a 2010 graduate of our program at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and now on staff at the Augusta Chronicle, sent me a note about a video he posted in September telling the story of a 70 year old body builder. Normally, I’d embed... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Video
February 19, 2014 What CNN Wants Next Great two part interview with CNN’s Victor Hernandez over at NetNewsCheck.com by Michael Depp that looks at how the future is being seen. The second part is focused on what CNN is looking for in new hires: We’re increasingly looking at things like an individual’s digital portfolio and what they’re doing with social media and how active they are on... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
February 18, 2014 How the AP and Getty Cover the Olympics Nice piece over at Gizmodo by Mario Aguilar about how the Associated Press and Getty Images are covering the Winter Olympics – everything from the technology to the philosophy is covered. Browsing the wire, you notice that the AP’s photos also have a grittier, newsier look about them. They tend not to be as closely cropped so that you can... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory
February 18, 2014 Momenta in New Orleans There are only a handful os slots left for the Momenta Workshop in New Orleans. Another thing on my proverbial bucket list … Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
February 14, 2014 Eight Percent of World Press Photo Finalists Disqualified You read that right – eight to nine percent of all the entries in this year’s World Press Photo competition were disqualified for being “materially or substantially changed.” To the judges – THANK YOU. Thank you for standing up for ethics and honest reportage. Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 14, 2014 The Cost to Photojournalism Seen Through Competitions Interesting comments from Gary Knight, one of the judges in the World Press Photo, over at the British Journal of Photography. These awards show the consequences of a lack of resources in the industry. Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism