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Join BagNews’ Online Salon on White House Photo Access This Sunday

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:February 5, 2014

You’re invited to take part in the next BagNews Salon this Sunday, February 9th. The Salon brings together the eyes and voices of the world’s leading photojournalists, editors, visual academics and other informed observers to analyze select edits of news photographs in a 90 minute online discussion format. Sunday’s topic will be “Understanding Debate Over White House Photo Access.”

The purpose of the discussion is to better understand the current conflict between the media and the White House over photo access. Some of the issues are historical. Others are new, involving the ability (and savvy) of the Obama White House to distribute imagery to the public and the press via social media. Conversation will be based around a key set of photos, with the primary question – what is the goal of access today and how can we best understand the visual strategies when both institutions, the media and the White House, are operating with the dual agenda to sell and inform?

More information is available on BagNewsNotes.com.
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Support “Island of Widows” by Ed Kashi

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:February 5, 2014

Please Support ‘Island of Widows’ from Talking Eyes Media on Vimeo.

Photojournalist, filmmaker and educator Ed Kashi has dedicated his career to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. His next project takes him to Nicaragua, where sugar cane workers are dying in record numbers from kidney failure, and no one seems to know why.

Help make this project possible through IndieVoices.
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MediaStorm Guide to Downloading from YouTube and Vimeo

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:February 4, 2014

Last week I started a project that incorporates previously produced material. The client stores this footage on YouTube and Vimeo. Once I’ve selected the clips I’d like to use, they will send me the Final Cut Projects and raw assets so I can use their material accordingly.

But it takes time to procure these files and as always, the clock is ticking. You’ve probably been in this situation yourself.

Rather than screen-capture the files with QuickTime or iShowU, my workaround is to download directly from the aforementioned sites. This is far faster as I don’t need to rerecord in real time.

I use the free service keepvid.com which allows the user to download videos directly from sites like YouTube and Vimeo. This works via a bookmarklet—a few lines of javascript—that sit on your browser’s bookmark bar.

To begin, load keepvid.com in your browser.
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Job Alert: Infographic Designer with the Council on Foreign Relations

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:February 3, 2014

The Council on Foreign Relations is currently hiring for the part-time position of Infographic Designer. The position is based in Washington, DC.

Summary

The Information Graphic Designer will help design and produce graphics and data visualizations to be used in web and interactive projects for the Council’s website. Responsibilities will include: creating graphic visualizations for online editorial publications, including backgrounders, timelines, maps, and slideshows; adding graphics to the InfoGuide series; working with the CFR.org multimedia team to establish production timelines; and translating complex concepts and data on foreign policy issues into visual images.
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Support Ami Vitale’s Latest Project to Combat Poaching in Kenya

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:January 31, 2014

Photographer and filmmaker Ami Vitale‘s work has taken her to over 85 countries. Her stories tell of the endurance of the human spirit and nature in the face of overwhelming odds. For her next project, she hopes to combat poaching in Kenya by focusing on the indigenous people of Northern Kenya and their efforts to end poaching on ancestral lands by preserving their traditional way of life and strengthening their communities.

You can contribute to making this project a reality through IndieVoices.
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