I’ve been busy over the holiday season, but not that busy. Before any bidding happens, I would need a job.
The Times needs cash. Former ad exec Jack Connors told the Boston Globe: “There’s nothing to it. I’m not buying the Boston Globe. I’m not buying anything that the New York Times owns.” Boston Herald publisher [...]
In an attempt to stay afloat in a leaky boat, The Journal Register Co. closed 16 weeklies resulting in 21 reporters and editors lost jobs. The closings were split equally between the Shoreline division and Elm City chain.
Shoreline: Shore Line Times, Pictorial Gazette, East Haven Advertiser, Branford Review, Clinton Recorder, Regional Standard, The Dolphin and [...]
Monday. The day to celebrate the good, creative and inspirational. Happy Nugget belongs to Getty Images for 27Letters: Talking in Pictures.
The agency analyzes ‘advertising, architecture, art, celebrity, design, entertainment, fashion, film, news, sport and photography’ sites to pick up ‘the most used, referenced and talked about images’. Each month a new issue is published. Few [...]
The Today Show NBC editors selected their best picks from 2008 news and sports images. If you are not on duty trying to track down the first of the season snow feature - sit on a couch and vote for your favorite image. Disciplined tight edit of international events and diversity in topics given the [...]
The meltdown of newspapers is suddenly big, big news. Coincidence that the industry became a media darling after the Chicago Tribune threatened bankruptcy? Hometown of President-elect Obama where a bazillion journalists are camped out waiting for the journey east? However we got in the media spotlight (including a sketch on The Daily Show!), with [...]
When I owned my own photography business, I spent a half day or so each month catching up on management trends. The habit stuck with me as a photo editor. Good managers and change agents don’t magically grow on the career tree.
In a November 2008 report, Annette Moser-Wellman says that a news company should have [...]
Photographers have quick reflexes, fast response time and an ability to survey a room in record time. After years of maximizing moments, evaluative powers are speedier than the average person. Our industry may be tanking, but skills are with us forever!
Today’s happy nugget? Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque’s brilliant response to the Baghdad shoe incident. As [...]
Last week I attended an ASPP-sponsored copyright lecture with lawyer Nancy Wolff at Pearson’s in Boston. Absolutely worth searching her out on the speaker circuit. Good review, great new information.
Industry watchers are betting the Orphan Works law will be passed. Question is when and what version. The dilemma for photographers, especially freelancers, is that most [...]
You can blow $5 on an overpriced coffee, or you can buy yourself some inspiration with a ticket to the Griffin Museum in Winchester, MA. If you can get there before 5pm on Thursdays, admission is free! And wouldn’t looking at wonderful images make you happier than staring at your dwindling 401k balance?
HUMANKIND: IMAGES BY [...]
Within five minutes of NPR news last night, I heard about four company layoffs. Depressed beyond measure, I switched the station. Denial mode? Sure. But my issue isn’t all economic meltdown horror. Rather, I’m getting a bit agitated that all we hear about are layoffs. Is that the only solution? Are industry execs creative enough [...]
