#NEWS – It’s all local.
What happened in the industry this month?
1a/ ****You have until 11:59 pm, Feb. 1, 2023 to enter the 72nd Annual Still & Multimedia Contest!**** What are you waiting for???
1b/ ****We would love to see you at the 2023 Convention at Midwest Camera, but in order to attend for free, we need you to pay membership dues – it’s what enables us to continue supporting working professional photojournalists, students, and life members alike.
2/ Winners of the Yunghi Grant – congrats to all!
“We feel privileged to read everyone’s stories and proposals, and are always heartened to see that there is really strong editorial thinking, story development and emotionally impactful capturing of moments in news documenting intimate moments in people’s lives.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS in grants — $3,000 to each of six photojournalists — is being dispersed this year. We added a sixth grant this year because $1,000 was contributed from an anonymous donor. I contributed an additional $2,000 to fill out the sixth grant.”
3/ Have you migrated to life on social media beyond Twitter (and by extension, Facebook)? Over on Post, h/t to Jack Gruber, for this: “Just search #favpj and you should see the list of photographers so far.”
4a/ The Blocks: If you can’t beat it, buy it.
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4b/ The Blocks, again: National Labor Relations Board judge rules Post-Gazette violated federal labor law; must bargain with union and restore previous contract
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4c/ And again: This is how The Blocks deal with deteriorating roof/ceiling conditions at The Blade in Toledo, year after year. Shameful. No one deserves that.
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5/ Sword-falling dominates the Gannett related headlines, this time. However noble these acts to save journalism may seem, until decisions about how to make positive gains are made, the despair will linger for “legacy media.”
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5/ OU students, or grads, check it out:
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6/ Read the comment. This is the most succinct social media interaction depicting one of the many struggles in our current roles as professional journalists:
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#PEOPLE
Reports of people in the industry on the move.
1/ Crickets. Folks: I’d really love to hear from you! What are you up to?
2/ Did you attend Gary Gardiner’s event, History Tales? If so, how did it go? Got pics? Please share.
3/ I spoke with photo students at Kent State University on the 20th – hope it did some good.
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#INSPIRATIONS
“10 Best-of’s” continued, because why not? h/t to the ‘Fellow Photogs’ group on FB for many of these.
- The Times Reporter – photographs by yours truly ; )
- NASA
- Virginian-Pilot
- Indianapolis Star – nice curation by Max Gersh!
- Reports at Pulitzer Center
- Colorado Public Radio
- Tulsa World
- SF Chronicle
- Women Photograph
- Erin Hooley
Things that inspire me that cross my desk.
1/ New year, new stories of women fighting for the right to work. This one from Mary Chao, former USA Today Columnist:
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2/ OSU fan or not, it seems only fitting at Adam’s photo help to lead inspirations for the new year. Way to be there Adam! The controversy will forever be whether that hit should have been called as targeting. You can view more of his coverage on IG here.
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3/ This is some political photojournalism at its finest. It aged well in a month’s time.
4/ Film!
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5/ Incredible.
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6/ Great frame from high school wrestling from Isaac Ritchey!
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7/ Do you consciously make pictures through the action, even after plays have ended? There’s a lot to sports beyond just the high impact photographs. This one recently posted from Scott Strazzante is a wonderful example – all be it from post-game celebration. Just make the picture!
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8/ Pictures shared by local legends:
9/ Geek out: an infrared filter hack.
10/ Our esteemed keynote speaker, Marcus Yam, graces the cover of this year’s (2022) BOPJ, edited and produced by Sue Morrow. Hint: Sue will be gracing us with her knowledge and presence at two upcoming ONPA events. Can you guess where you’ll see her?
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11/ Former longtime AP staffer Amy Sancetta shared some pictures of the late David Crosby.
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12/ Jeremiah Araz has has published an essay on small-town newspapers in Kansas. h/t to the NPPA weekly newsletter for this one. Read a wonderfully thoughtful Twitter thread about the project.
“The Fourth Estate features small-town newspaper offices across Kansas. The publications they produce play a critical role in our shared democracy. My photographs celebrate the civic function, labor, and technology at the heart of local newspapers’ production, while also documenting an industry in free-fall. Faced with the gutting of local journalism facilitated by digital news, social media, and diminishing profit margins, these newspapers often struggle as they continue to serve their communities.”
2020 – 2022
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13/ The range of photographic vision in this NYT Magazine essay by Shawn Hubbard is quite inspiring. Take some time with the work, and really do read the story. How do the images work to better inform the writing?
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14/ Communing with the dead: A photographer spent 20 years documenting seánces
RIT alumna Shannon Taggart began photographing the mediums of Lily Dale, New York, in 2001, curious if members of the Spiritualist community could really speak to the dead. Two decades later, her project has given her more questions than answers.
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The book can be purchased here.
Again:
****You have until 11:59 pm, Feb. 1, 2023 to enter the 72nd Annual Still & Multimedia Contest!**** What are you waiting for???
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