The lineup for the 2009 Festival of the Photograph has been announced. Sylvia Plachy, Martin Parr, and Gilles Peress will be the main speakers for the event, with additional exhibits to be announced (so far, they have Paolo Pellegrin and Platon). If you haven't marked your calendar yet, plan to be in Charlottesville, VA, June 11-13. You can get tickets and more information on their site.
Dates for the 2009 MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshops have been announced: Workshop Four: March 7-13, 2009 - Application Deadline: Friday January 23, 2009 Workshop Five: May 2-8, 2009 - Application Deadline: Monday March 30, 2009 Workshop Six: August 8-14, 2009 - Application Deadline: Wednesday July 1, 2009 The MediaStorm Multimedia Reporting Workshop in New York City is an intensive, hands-on educational experience in advanced multimedia storytelling. Over the course of a week, participants will work in three-person teams, reporting and editing in collaboration with a MediaStorm Producer to create a multimedia project for distribution across multiple platforms. Each team will produce a professional-quality, ready-for-publication multimedia story. See the site for more information, or to apply for the Workshops. Projects from past Workshops:
Storytelling through photojournalism has never been a more essential skill. In a multimedia newsroom, it's critical to know how to find and present photographic narratives. Here's an opportunity to sharpen your skills at capturing the "decisive moment" with the camera and produce more compelling stories. Don't miss Photojournalism With a Difference, February 22-27. Seats are limited; send online applications by Jan. 21 to ensure consideration. Join Poynter's Visual Journalism Group Leader and Director of Diversity, Kenny Irby, as he helps you explore innovative ways of telling the story behind the image. Learn how to gain access to under-covered communities and the untold stories that can be found there. Other faculty include Poynter's Regina McCombs, faculty for virtual teaching, and Mona Reeder, staff photographer with The Dallas Morning News. Invited faculty include David Gilkey, photojournalist/video producer at NPR. Among the things you'll learn: • To identify good ideas, develop meaningful documentary stories and…
There are still some spots open in Barefoot Workshops' 2 Week Documentary Workshop in The Mississippi Delta, which starts on February 15, 2009. This 2-week DV workshop is designed for photojournalists who are looking to make the move to videojournalism and the web, new documentary filmmakers who want to launch their careers in web and television documentaries and for those with experience in some aspects of filmmaking that are looking to expand their skill, understanding and mastery of the whole process. Producers, cinematographers, editors and writers with narrative experience who are considering working in non-fiction filmmaking are also encouraged to enroll. Students will learn all aspects of the process including the importance of the still image, DV camera, compact lighting methods, field sound, field editing and how to weave the story. To view an extended version of the course description, visit our website at www.barefootworkshops.org. This is one of many workshops that…
I'm excited to welcome Jacky Myint as MediaStorm's newest Interactive Designer. Jacky Myint is a web and interactive designer who has worked for Condé Nast Portfolio.com and The Associated Press, producing interactive infographics. Her interactives at Portfolio.com were part of a portfolio that won silver from MALOFIEJ, an international competition for print and online information graphics sponsored by the Society for News Design. Jacky's first job was for Idealist.org/Action Without Borders where she spent two and a half years designing for both print and web and organizing Idealist's first nonprofit design competition. Jacky graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Visual Arts and received her M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design in New York City.