I spotted this infographic about the Twitter vs. Instagram wars and thought about it – I hate clicking through on the Instagram links on Twitter. I love looking at them inline on Facebook or on Instagram itself. Continue reading
The camera buying guide for student journalists has been updated again – a pair of new models from Nikon have hit the market since my last post, and I’ve expanded the list of microphone recommendations. I talk about the new Nikon releases (well, one of them anyway) within. Continue reading
It’s been quite a while since the last post – and I wrestled with the idea of just posting and moving on as if nothing happened, but in the name of full disclosure, I’ll offer an explanation. It might be lame, but it’s an explanation. Continue reading
2012: The year in pictures. Continue reading
So my favorite punching bag from the early days of Journographica, The Daily, has finally bit the dust. The platform and app built by The Daily team seems like a winner – now, finally at the end – I just hope someone picks up the bones and invests in some good reporters to use them. Continue reading
The New York Post runs a photo of a man about to die – and the photographer and newspaper are crucified on the Internet for it. What’s the real story? Continue reading
Rockaway’s famous boardwalk looks as if it had been lifted from its cement foundation, rolled up like a newspaper and tossed against the buildings lining the beach. Continue reading
With Hurricane Sandy hitting so close to home, the entirety of Long Island is now, unfortunately, our news backyard. On Saturday, myself and Newsday shooter (and School of Journalism adjunct professor) Jessica Rotkiewicz traveled to our literal backyard – Lindenhurst. Continue reading
While the rest of the media universe is focused a few miles west on a burned out Breezy Point, here are the photos and stories of the people I met in Roxbury Thursday, as they picked up the pieces after Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading
Tweet Last time I wrote for iMediaEthics, I talked about the roles photojournalists play in gathering names on the scene. Without captions, subjects are dehumanized, I argued. This time I, flip it around – I talked to Andrew Burton about … Continue reading