June | 2013 | Multimedia Reporting

Expert advice from a visual pioneer rings true as journalism faces a leadership deficit

June 20, 2013 by Curt

For the last few years my guilty pleasure has been driving south to a cedar cabin in the spectacularly beautiful Canaan Valley in West Virginia to spend weekends working with Bob Lynn on his book Vision, Courage & Heart. Even if the book hadn’t worked out, spending time with Bob was like getting a PhD. […]

Categories: journalism business, photojournalism • Tags: Bob Lynn, leadership, management, Ross Taylor, VC&H

Teaching resources: Demonstrating the difference between online and broadcast audio stories

June 5, 2013 by Curt

Most of my students associate radio news with brief story summaries read at the top of the hour by a person broadcasting from a studio. They have yet to experience the rich storytelling to be found at public radio staples like This American Life, Radiolab, or on NPR’s Morning Edition or All Things Considered. So […]

Categories: audio, teaching resources

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Chicago readers are the biggest losers as Sun-Times fires photo staff

June 4, 2013 by Curt

(This post was created June 3 and updated June 4) My Facebook and Twitter feeds have been blowing up since Thursday when the Chicago Sun-Times and its affiliated suburban papers laid off more than 20 photographers, leaving only three picture editors to try to craft a visual report from wire photos, from images created by […]

Categories: daily journalism, journalism business, photojournalism, smartphone reporting, video

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Monthly Archives: June 2013

Expert advice from a visual pioneer rings true as journalism faces a leadership deficit

Teaching resources: Demonstrating the difference between online and broadcast audio stories

Chicago readers are the biggest losers as Sun-Times fires photo staff