Online MA/Postgraduate Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course launching

The London College of Communication is launching an online MA/Postgraduate Diploma Photojournalism and Documentary Photography distance learning program, to begin January 2008. This part-time course aims to mirror real world practices and prepare students to enter the professional world. Many presentations by visiting speakers will be delivered via podcasts, and students will be encouranged to make use of blogs and online distribution. The course is entirely online, with no requirements for attendance in London. The program will largely focus on digital transitions, and multimedia projects will be emphasized. For more information, contact Paul Lowe, Course Director, at p.lowe@lcc.arts.ac.uk

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Paolo Pellegrin’s Double Blind featured on Digital Journalist

Photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin recently published his fifth book, Double Blind, a look at the Lebanon Conflict during the summer of 2006. A gallery of the images from the book is featured in the Digital Journalist's October issue. Of his work during the conflict, Pellegrin says "As journalists, we were traveling a battlescape where all the traditional realities of the frontline had disappeared and where it was impossible to know how or where things were happening, or what might be about to happen next. It was, in many respects, an invisible war – until suddenly, it wasn't." Pellegrin, a member of Magnum Photos since 2005, has spent many years covering conflict and stories around the world. He was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal this year, the W. Eugene Smith Award in 2006, and has won numerous other awards. His work ranges from AIDS in Uganda to the Gaza Disengagement, to Olympus Fashion…

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CitizeNews Launches

CitizeNews, a new venue for video journalists to share their work with the community (and world), has launched this week. Conceived and launched by Michael Rosenblum and Ken Krushel after meeting in Kazakhstan over a year ago. CitizeNews' aim is to "aggregate the work of talented video journalists of great diversity and distinction whose work is characterized by a powerful individual vision. Our goal is to construct a digital platform where video journalists chronicle the world as they work to interpret its peoples, issues, events and personalities." They have a process to credential contributors, and visitors to the site can comment on any of the videos shown. So far, stories on the site have covered everything from a UFO Watchtower, to the Children of Banda Aceh and Colorado Gators.

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Truth With A Camera

The Cliff and Vi Edom Truth With A Camera Workshop recently wrapped up its 13th year, with 24 photojournalists spending a week in and around Norfolk, VA, taking stories from conception to final production. This year, the students worked with both still images and audio to create multimedia presentations on topics ranging from a fisherman, military life and a local drive-in restaurant to teen pregnancy. All of the presentations from the Workshop are available online.

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