ImageUn-Bearing Witness

By Dennis Dunleavy, communications professor and Black Star Rising columnist
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ImageNotes from the VisCom Classroom: Teacher Goes Back to School

By David Weintraub, photography instructor and Black Star Rising columnist
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Photojournalists Have a Life Wish: Tips for Surviving Dangerous Assignments
Written by Mark M. Hancock   
Monday, 14 April 2008
ImageHurricane Rita was still blowing when I left the office. The streets were flooded. Those streets were located somewhere under the piles of trees, downed power lines, broken glass, misplaced roofs and twisted steel objects. I had recently returned from covering Hurricane Katrina, so I was trained and mentally prepared for what I might find. I had a first aid kit, food, water, gas, spare tires, an inflatable raft, emergency illuminators and a truck full of other possible needs.

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Are You as Good with People as You Are with a Camera?
Written by Sean Cayton   
Thursday, 10 April 2008
ImageMagazine editors, art directors, wedding couples and even portrait subjects place a priority on people skills. It's probably the most overlooked and yet most important quality that any photographer brings to the job. It's the one that's most likely to get you hired again -- and again and again.

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11 Reasons for Buyers to Choose Rights-Managed Photography Over Royalty-Free
Written by Debra Wagner   
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
ImageAt first glance, it might appear that royalty-free stock photography would offer the better value for the money, so why would any photo buyer choose rights-managed stock instead? There are actually a lot of good reasons to choose rights-managed photography -- many of them too often overlooked by buyers.

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On Mice, Eagles and PhDs
Written by Michael Coyne   
Tuesday, 08 April 2008
ImageI sat watching the gecko on the wall for 7 minutes and 11 seconds. How did I know this? Well, because the clock I had set for one hour next to the computer said I had 52 minutes and 49 seconds left. I was following the advice I had seen in the article "How to Write a Thesis in One Hour a Day."

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Canned Outrage Diminishes Photojournalism's Credibility
Written by Brian Ledbetter   
Monday, 07 April 2008
ImageThe market of ideas has always had its malcontents and misfits. The rage sector of the economy, as I like to think of it. And nobody in the world today knows how to trade in rage credits like Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who has invited more than his fair share of flowers, praise, controversy, and death threats -- except, for the most part, without the flowers and praise.

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