4.03.2008

What jurno anger looks like in balloons

This guy took ALL the rants on Angryjournalist.com and ran them through a tag filter. This is what it looks like. The bigger the word more often it was present in posts.

Photojournalism Classics in Lego Land

These are hysterical. Only catch is that they are a bit creepy considering the Lego men are smiling in periods of horrific history.

Casio's attempt to kill the concept of a photographer

Casio released the F1. It can shoot 60 frames a second. Yes, still frames. There's also the ability to pre-capture history, shoot video at Godly frame rates and might even walk the dog.

4.02.2008

A zinger on Annie Leibovitz

A New York Observer story about Rolling Stone's early super-shooter turned selfish commercial setup-artist.

3.31.2008

Alltop Photography

In Alltop's quest to rule the world, they put together an aggregator for photography too. They are the same ones that developed www.popurls.com

Photoshop video tutorials

Want to learn to do some fun things with that monster of a program Photoshop?
These are mostly photo manipulation techniques but good for those difficult to conceptualize photo illustrations.

Carnival of Journalism

A group of journalism bloggers banding together in one place. Anyone see a trend with smaller and smaller clusters of people coming together to do things?

Cameras alter the playground



Interesting story from This American Life about how fake cameras changed an elementary school class. Several ways to look at this after watching.

3.29.2008

It's all how you treat people

Interesting NPR story about a guy that was robbed by a kid but then took a turn for a life lesson.

3.28.2008

Newspapers are not the only ones hurting

CBS4 is slashing and burning their staff as well. I had talked with a reporter a few weeks ago and it sounded like it was rocky, but this confirms it. But to layoff the NPPA Video Editor of the Year? Awesome...

UPDATE: NPPA has a bigger story on TV cuts.

3.27.2008

Maybe it is time to panic

An American Journalism Review article about why, and more importantly HOW, newspapers need to be bolder to regain their position atop the information pyramid.

Photoshop Express

Adobe is jumping into the online photo foray with Photoshop Express. You can get free account to upload, edit, tone, etc. and then share the photos in other social networking sites.

3.26.2008

So you want to be an artist?

A fun site to play with and act like you are Jackson Pollock.

Thanks to Photog Kasia Broussalian for the link.

Quoted

"I have a morbid sense of curiousity to see how bad things can really get here."
A fellow staffer at the Camera on the state of the paper after hearing about the possibility of more cutbacks.

New Breed of Pjs

Another from MultimediaShooter.com

A photo blog of some interesting work from newer photojournalists as well as interviews.

Photo Gallery Maps

So you have a bunch of photos that you want to take and make an interactive map like this.

Here's how you do it for free and fairly easily. The example is a bit clunky but if you can edit HTML you can hack it apart and make it sing.
Found on MultimediaShooter.com

Adobe Online Video Seminars

There's a few options to learn about the Adobe player, DRM of the player, advertising with it and other things. Sounds interesting, even if it is a glorified sales pitch.

3.25.2008

Multimedia Essentials

Mindy McAdams presents some good tips on multimedia, once again. I guess it helps that she's an online journalism professor at U of Florida.

Make your blog better

When I get a chance I'm going to implement a couple of these tips. Now, just need that time...

Lessons from a contest

The NPPA Best of Photojournalism contest judging is in full-swing. Here's an outlet to learn from it all.