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Saturday, November 22, 2014

On shooting video stories: Learning curve is steep, but the climb is worth it

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   It’s hard to define bad video technique until you actually see it: bad pans, bad focusing, bad fades, bad zooms, bad audio.   ...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Big crowd enjoys Tiedtke's song & 3,200 lb block of yummy cheese

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  Fighting the crowd. Recording several speeches and editing them down to only a few minutes. Capturing enough B-roll to tell the story of a...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Owens Outlook editors attend national student media conference in Philly

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Me, center, and my hard-working Owens Outlook students ready for our journey, RV style. (Photo by Sean Ferry)  Five Owens Out...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

CMA Storify lesson on Photojournalism: Tools of the Trade

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My Storify #CMA14 lecture on Photojournalism: Tools of the Trade   Finally! I've been waiting an entire year to attend my se...
Monday, October 27, 2014

CMA Storify lesson on cell phone cameras and the media

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   My Storify #CMA14 lecture on Smartphones and photojournalism: [ View the story "Smartphone photos and social media usage for photo...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Owens photojournalism students visit Blade, 13 ABC News studio

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  There was no school at Owens today due to teacher training, so a small group of the Intro to PJ class/Owens Outlook student staffers took ...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Teaching Multimedia class photo critique a teachable moment

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   These photos, shot by the Kent State Teaching Multimedia students for an assignment, were chosen not because they are great, but becaus...
Saturday, October 4, 2014

Kent State graduate students brush up on their multimedia skills

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    To teach is to know, and to know is to teach.     But what if you're expected to teach and you don't know?     Short an...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Q&A #6: BGSU adds Quadcopter to its storytelling toolbox

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 The Doyt Perry Stadium taken with a GoPro Hero camera mounted on a DJI Phantom 1 Quadcopter. (Photo by Craig Bell) Craig Bell ...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Owens Outlook student newspaper staff launches website

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Most of the Outlook student staff.    What makes a small team of Owens students work hard without pay and produce without grades?      ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

The First Amendment: The power of freedom of the press

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   The First Amendment.    It's the most powerful collection of 45 words on the planet, and we, as Americans, are lucky to be protected...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Before you work in the news biz, you must first...understand it

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   This is a Storify tutorial for the Intro to PJ class. It's an introduction to what news is.    Before you, as photojournalism studen...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

One blog, two schools: Welcome Owens and Kent students!

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Welcome to a new semester!    This blog is dedicated to you, students in both the Intro to Photojournalism and Teaching Multime...