Actual Pictures – Page 24 – Visual Journalism

November 3, 2008

The Power of True Multimedia

This … this … this is what multimedia can do so well. The New York Times, the Gray Lady, has put together a nearly 14-minute long tour-de-force looking at the presidential campaign. It is a stunning combination of photos, videos, audio, graphics and narrations. It is a complete package. How complete? Pay attention to the “Related Links” box below the...

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October 24, 2008

UGAPJs on AutoWeek.com

It took a bit of time, but AutoWeek magazine has posted an online gallery of images from our workshop at the Petit Le Mans. We’re starting to look like a real program …

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October 20, 2008

Reuters at Beijing

Reuters has posted a video of its photojournalists talking about covering the Beijing Olympics. Runs just over six minutes in length, worth spending the time with.

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October 6, 2008

UGA Photojournalism at the Petit Le Mans

The American Le Mans Series has posted photos from our weekend workshop at the Petit Le Mans. After spending 16 hours at the track, the Advanced Photojournalism class had captured 55 gigabytes worth of data, totaling somewhere over 25,000 photos of the 10-hour-long endurance race at Road Atlanta. Four professionals came in to help for the day – freelance Robin...

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October 3, 2008

James Nachtwey's TED Wish

Last year, James Nachtwey won the TED Prize – $100,000 to, essentially, do whatever he wanted to do. He’s now done it – a story that looks at Extreme Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. Warning: These are not easy photographs to look at.

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September 10, 2008

Shooting Blind

CNN has a story on a group of Israeli photographers … who are blind. Not journalism, but … interesting.

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September 2, 2008

The State Fair on Speed

Ben Garvin, late of the Berkshire Eagle and now of the Pioneer Press, has strung together 4,000 still photos to make a two minute video-esque look at the Minnesota State Fair.

Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 1, 2008

NPPA Flying Short Course – Sept. 26 in North Carolina

Get it on your calendar now – the National Press Photographers Association’s Flying Short Course will be dropping in to Boiling Springs, N.C., on Friday, September 26. That stop is less than three hours from Athens. One of the best in the business on business will be talking – John Harrington. And a whole slate of other great folks, too....

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism

August 6, 2008

"The Girl in the Window"

Lane DeGregory and Melissa Lyttle, of the St. Petersburg Times, have published the horrifying story of Dani, a seven year old feral girl – essentially abandoned in her own home – and the efforts of a family to help her. Steve Myers of the Poynter Institute has an interview with Lyttle and DeGregory about the story and how they approached...

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July 30, 2008

A 14 Year Journey

Scott Strazzante and MediaStorm have published his story looking at the transition of a farm into a sub-division, as told through the farm’s family and one of the new home’s families. It is awesome. The story is great, it is well told and it is beautifully shot. Every time I tell my students to shoot more, I will now have...

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