Multimedia Critiques
Sign up during the day to have your work critiqued in an open group session Thursday or Friday evening by members of the faculty.
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FEATURED SPEAKER
Maisie Crow
Maisie Crow is a freelance photographer and multimedia producer. In 2008, she began pursuing her master's degree in Visual Communication at Ohio University. She won the Ian Parry Scholarship and The Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant in 2009. Maisie was also runner-up College Photographer of the Year that same year.
The Northern Short Course in Photojournalism: Workshops
Download the complete 2010 Workshop Schedule.
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Multimedia
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Beyond the Basics
BIG Light soft light, small light HARD light
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 3:30 PM
Workshop Speaker: Tom Sperduto
Tom Sperduto will demonstrate how to create soft light and hard light for portraiture using various light tools such as Octa banks, grid spots, umbrellas, softboxes, and more.
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Sign up during the day to have your work critiqued Thursday or Friday evening by members of the faculty and leaders in the industry -
Business
Best Business Practices for Photographers
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Workshop Speaker: John Harrington
Join John Harrington, author of the best-selling ‘Best Business Practices for Photographers’, for an insightful and solutions-oriented presentation on how to generate more revenue from the assignments, through pricing examples and discussion, negotiation strategies, and demystifying licensing of your work.
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Visual Educators
Teaching the Business of Photojournalism
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 9:00 AM
Workshop Speaker:Margo Berman, Florida International University & Colin Lenton, Colin Lenton Photography and George Miller, Temple University
To succeed in photojournalism today, you must understand the business of visual journalism. This panel will examine issues of copyright and licensing, as well as other current legal issue facing photojournalists. Also, a few schools have established student photo agencies. What are the goals of such projects and what should others know before launching one at their schools.
Getting Students into Documentary Mode
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Workshop Speaker: Teresa Hernandez- Kent State University, Loret Steinberg- RIT and Andrew Mendelson - Temple UniversityTips and suggestions to move students from photojournalism to documentary imaging, how to get students to think beyond single images, and wrestle with issues of subjects and photographers.
Grading Photos and Other Teaching Tips
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Workshop Speaker: John Beale - Penn State University and Loret Steinberg - RITTeaching is important but grading student work is crucial. This panel will be an exchange of creative ideas on establishing grading criteria for photojournalism assignments, creating grading rubrics, as well as discussing how to help students learn photo concepts such as composition, lighting and content.
Teaching Audio to Photojournalists
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 3:30 PM
Workshop Speaker: Will YurmanIt ain't just black and white photos anymore. Today's visual journalists need to be able to gather audio, write stories and work on multiple platforms. How do we teach the teachers of the new technology?
Personal Projects for the Professor
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 4:45 PM
Workshop Speaker: John Beale- Penn State University and Chris Rolinson, Point Park UniversityAt most universities, professors must have an active research or creative agenda, in addition to teaching. This panel will examine ways to stay professionally active and inspired in the midst of constant course preparation, grading and service obligations.
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Television Storytelling
NSC TV Program
“How to Survive, How to Excel”
TV News is changing fast. How it is delivered and what constitutes news is changing with it. How will you adapt to new technologies, new audiences, and new demands on your skills.
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Workshop Speaker: Bethany Swain
Bethany Swain has been a photojournalist for CNN for more than six years. From covering the political conventions to spending 22 days embedded with Gov. Palin’s campaign, Swain played an active role in the network’s America Votes 2008 coverage.
read moreThe Business of the Video Business
Join John Harrington, author of the best-selling ‘Best Business Practices for Photographers’, for an insightful and solutions-oriented presentation on how to generate more revenue from the assignments, through pricing examples and discussion, as well as negotiation strategies.
read moreWhat Your Boss Wants from You…
Bryan Barr of WBFF Fox 45 has been a Chief Photojournalist longer than he hasn't. In that time stuck in middle management, he has learned one classic fact in this business: honest hard work always trumps talent. Its true. In a perfect world, its best to have both. Given the requirement of choice, Bryan would hire someone who is has a positive attitude and is not afraid to get a little dirty. You will see some great stories highlighting both his work and that of the photojournalist staff at WBFF. You will leave his presentation with some helpful hints on how to get ahead in the modern television newsroom.
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The Road Les Traveled
“It’s about the story, subjects and viewers, not us. It’s also about being a human being in the process.”
Learn how one guy learned it's about the story and the subject and definitely not him (and his pretty pictures). Les Rose believes that if a viewer doesn't like the subjects in a story, they won't like the story. And it is your challenge to bring the subject to the viewer.
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Les Rose, CBS News is excited about coaching our Tape critiques sessions. Bring your stories and a willingness to learn from each other and the best in the business. We look forward to a lively tape critique session on Friday night. Tape critiques will be available Friday evening and throughout the conference on Saturday. Arrangements will be announced at the start of the program.
Please bring all stories on DVD format.
Video Lighting for News
Workshop Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 2:00 PM
Workshop Speaker: Sean FilburnFiburn's workshop will focus on lighting people well, under deadline without spending a fortune. With his great bag of lighting tricks Sean will show us how we can improve your speed and style with some inexpensive options for less than $50.00.
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