I was led to this site by a link in a blog from the BBC’s North American editor. The photos of the Barack Obama campaign are compelling. The photographer takes the images I would expect, but then finds different angles and ways to tell the story.
I was led to this site by a link in a blog from the BBC’s North American editor. The photos of the Barack Obama campaign are compelling. The photographer takes the images I would expect, but then finds different angles and ways to tell the story.
Check out what they’re doing. The important line is the one about journalism without walls.
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Hey all,
Karyn Spencer passed along this list of training available in the area this spring. I was planning to have you attend the Nebraska Press Photographers seminars, but I thought I’d pass along the others as well.
There is some excellent, inexpensive training in our region this spring. Here’s a list in case you haven’t heard.
Omaha Film Festival
Filmmaking/Screenwriting Conference
Omaha
Feb. 16-17
$40
I went to this two years ago and found a lot of srceenwriting techniques that translated to narrative writing.
http://www.omahafilmfestival.org/OFFConf08.pdf
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Better Watchdog and Unleashing the Watchdogs
Des Moines
March 29-30
$40 professional, $20 student
http://www.ire.org/training/watchdog/desmoines08.html
Nebraska News Photographers
April 12 (photo contest)-April 13 (workshop day)
Omaha
$35
Last year featured lots of multimedia that was helpful to me as a reporter.
http://www.nebraskanewsphotographers.com/
Society of Professional Journalists
Narrative Writing Workshop featuring Tom Hallman of The Oregonian
Des Moines
May 24
$60 non-members, $40 members
http://www.spj.org/nww.asp
I love this story from the NYTimes, more perhaps because I can — even without children — empathize with its author.
Given that I’m teaching a class on international mass communication, her thesis is provocative.
Hand-wringing About American Culture - Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? - New York Times
We can’t say enough how important it is to learn how to develop sources, how important it is to write well, and how important it is to come up with story ideas, to find story ideas.
I’m sometimes a little frustrated that my students — this is students in general, not a specific group of students — don’t seem to see as many story ideas as I do. It appears it’s common, if a journalism educators’ listserve is any indication. Here are some great tips for finding ideas.
Mary Nash, as usual, gave a great, whirlwind tour of the library. I just love the idea of digging for info, finding info I didn’t know. It’s a great reminder that we all need a tour guide on the information superhighway.
Check out this great compilation of polls, polling organizations and blogs about polls.
