EPJ: Multimedia in News- Dog Fighting

The Detroit Free Pres published a story on the culture of dog fighting from the perspective of the negative and positive viewpoints on Pit bulls.  I absolutely love this story which you can find at the newspapers website.

EPJ: Photographers Site Critique

During my undergraduate experience at Arizona State University I had the pleasure of meeting a photographer names Jeff Lewis.  Not only was I inspired by his work, but I also found comfort in his identity as a photographer.  Jeff was Black, just like me, Jeff was hungry, just like me, and Jeff was a hard worker, like me.  I felt good that I could see someone in a position that I would like to eventually be in.  Jeff is now a photographer who represents the SanDisk Extreme Team and has been consistent in his work, which can be found at www.jefflewisphotography.com.

First Take: Video Job Profile

Image © Todd Heisler

In my picture story class, I have been charged with the task of finding a person with a job that is interesting enough to make a video profile out of.  Hmmmmm…..my ideas are scarce. Any ideas? lol…..I really do have a good three, but I needed to find an example that inspired me to go beyond the Mizzou teacher story.  Here is a story from the Net York Times 1 in 8 Million project that I found.  Check it out here.

This Is What It Is About

Sure. The Sprite Step Off could have brought an artist like Drake to perform at the University of Missouri this weekend.  They could have had more teams. They could have lowered the price of admission.  Instead, Columbia, MO got a taste of a beautiful culture.  What the Step Off did do is give people an opportunity to learn more about Black greeks, provide a (dare-I-say) CRACKIN’ Big Boi aka Daddy Fat Sacks aka Sir Luscious Left-foot concert, and give $4,500 to the local Boys and Girls club.  There is so much I could respond to in this post, but Im so excited to know the true message of these events is being coupled with a national service effort.  So, if you get mad about spending your $21.50 this weekend, just consider your cash a donation to the community you pollute.  Thats right.  If you’re not giving back, you’re polluting the environment you are in; socially, culturally, and academically.  I sincerely hope Sprite will see fit to bring the event back to Columbia if they have another competition.  I’m not saying the competition is old gold, but there is an opportunity to learn something here.  Hope you like the images.

First Take: 1-Day Madness

The purpose of the one day story is important.  Even during my time in Tampa for the NABJ Conference, I was told to shoot everything like a story…even the boring ones.  Below are some of my images for my first one day story about the New Eyes and BGLOs.

EPJ: Final Project Proposal

Electronic Photojournalism.  Sounds almost redundant now a days huh?  Well, EPJ is a course I am taking this semester at the University of Missouri.  I have chosen to allow this class to help hone in my skills in Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, and overall design/layout.  I’ve already put some of my education at use, designing a page for my chapter brothers at Mu Eta to collect pre-sale ticket money to their annual Pharaoh Step Classic.  My previous experiences have taught me that if I would like to survive in such a meticulous class, that I need to find something I like to motivate me to do the work at a high level.

EPJ: Website Critique- 20th Century Fox

For my first website critique in the EPJ class, I choose two media organization sites that I quickly associated with having the best photo layout and navigation only to find one of my guesses was wrong.  The two sites I choose were the 20th Century Fox movie website (show above) and the website for the Rolling Stone Magazine.  Needless to say that Rolling Stone didnt seem to work for me.  I critiqued the Fox page and found some things I would like to incorporate into my webpage.