Blog: Multimedia Maverick

Re-thinking visual journalism for the 21st century.

Masterclass Thoughts on Journalistic Obligations

Tags: Joop Swart masterclass, obligations, personal photography, photography, Photojournalism, Visual Journalism, World Press Photo | Categories: Photojournalism, Visual Journalism, Workshops | Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am

At the recent Joop Swart Masterclass for World Press Photo, I was touched by the desire of Iranian photographer Ali Akbar Shirjian, a student, to bring back information from the class to his fellow Iranian photographers in the hopes he could use the fruits of his experience to help them to organize effectively into a professional group.

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Joop Swart Masterclass Lessons From Amsterdam

Tags: aesthetics, digital imaging, documentary photography, Joop Swart masterclass, Multimedia, Photojournalism, World Press Photo | Categories: Media Industry, Multimedia, Photojournalism, Visual Journalism, Workshops | Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 8:45 am

Over a eight-day span recently, I worked as a part of the team teaching at the Joop Swart Masterclass, sponsored by the World Press Photo organization in Amsterdam.

Joining me in that endeavor were photographers Philip Blenkinsop, Giorgia Fiorio, and Maggie Steber, photo curator Celina Lunsford, and photo book publisher Dewi Lewis.

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Paul Saffo’s Advice to Online Journalists: “Embrace the Uncertainty”

Tags: adaptation, change, future, Media, ONA09, Paul Saffo, technology | Categories: Contests and Conferences, Innovation, Media Industry, Media and Popular Culture, Social Media | Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

Enthusiasm and dynamic, focused discussions marked last week’s Online News Association09 Conference and Awards Ceremony in San Francisco, in sharp contrast to other gatherings of journalists that I have attended this year. One might say it almost seemed like “irrational exuberance.”

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Seeing Stories in Skaneateles

Tags: journalism, Multimedia, Skaneateles, storytelling, students, Syracuse University, the Fall Workshop | Categories: Multimedia, Photojournalism, Visual Journalism, Workshops | Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 5:47 am

I just returned from a three and a half-day stint as a multimedia story coach at the Fall Workshop sponsored by Syracuse University for more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students in the Multimedia, Photography, and Design (MPD) departments of the Newhouse School. This year, the students documented life in the nearby town of Skaneateles, New York, recording audio, writing short stories, and shooting photos and video.

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NPR’s News iPhone App Sends a Signal

Tags: day-parting, iPhone, Kinsey Wilson, Mark Stencel, NPR, NPR Addict, NPR News App, open API, time-shifting | Categories: Audio, Innovation, Media Industry, Mobile Devices | Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 6:00 am

NPR’s release of their NPR News iPhone app is now almost a month old.

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