Local Stuff – Page 7 – Visual Journalism

November 12, 2007

On Campus

From our friends in TeleComm … Dan Goslee, an emerging specialist in Telecine and Digital Imaging will visit Grady College November 14 – 16th. Dan will give a short lecture/demo on Wednesday, November 14th in Room 214 of the SLC from 4:30pm – 6pm. Worth exploring.

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

November 5, 2007

Motion Graphics Talk – Wednesday Night

From David Hazinski in Broadcast, something to think about going to. Meaning, GO!! Motion graphics workshop Wednesday night in the photo lab, room 130. Unless we get too many people, then we’ll probably move to the newsroom. My classes had asked for ‘more’ on motion graphics, so I set this up… then invited Mark Wright. Mark has been the chief...

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Tech Talk

November 1, 2007

"Media & Public Life" lecture – TODAY

The Peabody Awards will present its inaugural Peabody-Smithgall Lecture on the theme of “The Media and Public Life” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, in the University of Georgia Chapel. Author and journalism professor Michael Schudson will be the first speaker at what is scheduled to become an annual event. His lecture will focus on the news media, but...

Advice & Learning

October 29, 2007

FREE PIZZA – And Pictures of Bugs

How can you pass up that combination? You can’t, you just can’t … On Friday, November 2, Professor G. Keith Douce from the Department of Entomology on the Tifton campus, will be in the Photojournalism Lab at noon to talk about the Bugwood Network – an image archive of pests, plants and problems around the world. The photo archive is...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

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.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism

September 18, 2007

Type Show

Didn’t see anything about this until today … The Broad Street Gallery in Athens has a show up called “Snap to Grid,” on Brett MacFadden’s experimental typography. Show runs through Sept. 28, I’m going to wander over there soon …

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design

September 17, 2007

Starry Community

This has almost – almost – nothing to do with photojournalism, but it’s kind of cool … According to a story in this morning’s Athens Banner-Herald, there’s a new community forming in Taliaferro County. Themed communities are nothing new (look at golf or motor racing developments around courses), but this one is somewhat unique – it is focused on astronomy....

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk

September 14, 2007

John Harrington Speaking in Atlanta

John Harrington is, by far, the leading speaker on how to survive and thrive as a freelancer right now. I’ve seen his presentation in a few places and come away with a tremendous amount of new info every time. He’ll be in Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 17 and you MOST DEFINITELY SHOULD GO. There’s not many things that will affect...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

September 13, 2007

FREE PIZZA – And a New Media Talk Here On Campus – Jim Alred, Tuesday, Sept. 18

Did I get your attention with the headline? Should I make it bigger? FREE PIZZA!!!!!!!! Jim Alred, New Media Director for the Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune will be doing a public talk in Grady College’s Drewry Room on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 12:30. You need to RSVP to Sophie Barnes by Monday, she’s in room 233. Alred will speak in some...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Multimedia/Tech Talk

May 13, 2007

NPPA Region 6 Regional Director's Tour

Bob Carey, the new R6 Regional Director for the National Press Photographers Association, will be in Atlanta on Monday, May 14 for a chat session. He’s touring the region to see what members want and/or need out of the NPPA. Monday, May 14 1-4 pm Professional Photo Resources667 11th St, NWAtlanta, GA 30318404-885-1885in the rental studio