Kelly Jordan added to the National Faculty
August 1, 2008 by Jeff Gritchen · Leave a Comment
Kelly Jordan - Producing multimedia
PRESENTATION: The role photojournalism plays in today’s newsrooms is constantly changing. Many photojournalists are struggling with higher demands for content with little training, resources and limited production time. We will have a conversation to talk about some of these issues and some tips to help today’s photojournalists cope with the rapidly changing landscape.
BIOGRAPHY: Kelly Jordan has been working in various aspects of photojournalism for the past 19 years. In January 2008 she began a new chapter in her career becoming a video producer for The Florida Times-Union. In her new role, she coordinates the photo/video department?s multimedia coverage, shoots and edits her own video stories, as well as those of the staff, produces audio slideshows and coordinates staff training. As a photojournalist, picture editor and AME/Photo & Multimedia, she received numerous awards for photography and picture editing. She has taught multimedia storytelling at the Truth With A Camera, Platypus and NPPA Women In Photojournalism workshops. Kelly completed her undergraduate degree in photography from the University of Central Florida.
Dave Honl added to the National Faculty
August 1, 2008 by Jeff Gritchen · 2 Comments
PRESENTATION:
David Honl will share his small flash location lighting techniques with FSC attendees. For the past 4 years, he has covered assignments in Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and Kazakhstan, where he has led the charge for small, lightweight location lighting.
BIOGRAPHY:
David Honl’s first assignment was in 1976, at age 11, photographing his family’s cross country trip to Disneyland with a 126 Kodak Instamatic given to him by his Dad.
In his 22+ year career, he has been published by Newsweek, The New York Times, French Elle, American Cinematographer, National Geographic and countless others.
With a passion for international news and conflict, he has been covering the war in Iraq from his home base in Istanbul, covering the Sadaam Hussein trial, the killing of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, and the little-seen
inner workings of Baghdad’s Green Zone. Before relocating to Los Angeles this year, David completed several assignments in Kazakhstan, most notably a story on the non-proliferation of the former Soviet Union’s largest and most secretive biological weapons factory in Stepnogorsk.
David is represented by Zuma Press.
2008 brings David back to the U.S., where he has designed and developed his exclusive line of HonlPhoto lighting tools for small flash location photography.
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Photography http://www.DavidHonlPhoto.com
Lighting Products: http://www.HonlPhoto.com
John Harrington added to the National Faculty
August 1, 2008 by Jeff Gritchen · Leave a Comment
John Harrington will discuss how he handles the business-side of photography, from pricing to negotiations, client relationships to logistical challenges. How can you better negotiate? How do the needs of editorial and commercial clients diverge and intersect? How might you handle a book deal, a magazine assignment or corporate clients? During this presentation we’ll touch on these topics and more, as you learn how to handle your business better and more efficiently.
John Harrington, a Washington DC-based editorial and commercial photographer, and author of the book “Best Business Practices for Photographers”, is a recipient of the 2007 United Nations Leadership Award and John has covered every President since Ronald Reagan. He was commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to illustrate three books with his work, and his work has appeared in, or he has completed assignments for: The National Geographic Society, Rolling Stone, Life, Time, Newsweek, and he has worked commercially for over half of the Fortune 500 companies. He has traveled on national speaking tours educating photographers and artists.
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Regina McCombs added to National Faculty
August 1, 2008 by Jeff Gritchen · Leave a Comment
The Poynter Institute’s Regina McCombs will talk about raising the bar and how to improve your video skills and storytelling techniques.
BIOGRAPHY: Regina McCombs is a new faculty member of the Poynter Institute, teaching multimedia and helping develop distance-learning programs. Until recently, she was the senior producer for multimedia at StarTribune.com in Minneapolis-St. Paul. She arrived there after 13 years as a television producer and photographer at KARE-TV, the NPPA-winning powerhouse in the Twin Cities. Winner of numerous Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year International awards for multimedia storytelling, as well as an Emmy for her video work, she has been a regular speaker around the country, talking about finding new ways to tell stories on the Web, especially with video.
For StarTribune.com, she coordinated the multimedia team’s coverage, shot and edited video stories, created audio slide shows, produced major projects and trained staff in creating multimedia. She also taught classes in online journalism and TV news at the University of Minnesota, where she received her master’s degree.
