Friday, April 3, 2009

The Digital Journalist - April 2009 issue

The Digital Journalist: April 2009

The Digital Journalist, April 2009

Feature articles: Special Video Journalism Issue:

In this month’s issue of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism, we are making a radical departure from the norm. As longtime readers know, TDJ has been on the front lines of reinventing photojournalism since its first issue 11 years ago. This month, we are turning over the entire magazine to our friend and colleague Ken Kobré, professor of photojournalism at San Francisco State University and author of “Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach,” and his deputy, Jerry Lazar. Ken, who runs his own site, The KobreGuide.com, aggregates the best of newspaper video. For this issue, he has reached out to some of the top people in this emerging world to show and discuss how they are changing the face of photojournalism.

The Digital Journalist: April 2009

The Digital Journalist, April 2009

Feature article & photo/video gallery: Colin Mulvany: From Stills to Video in the Newsroom by Colin Mulvany.

Last month brought yet another round of layoffs – the third in 18 months. The layoff demons, having picked away the flesh, are now gnawing at the bone. In the 21 years I have worked as a visual journalist for The Spokesman-Review, never have I felt more unnerved about my job security.

Read the full issue.