Photojournalism
Mixed reality: Meeting readers where they are
Trent Tarantino is the RJI Student Innovation Fellow at the Washington Post in Washington, D.C. This summer our student fellows will be sharing dispatches from their fellowships in newsrooms across the country as a part of Innovation in Focus. Jeremy Gilbert, of The Washington Post, and Robert Hernandez, of USC Annenberg, discuss mixed reality for … Continued
Remote tools for storytelling: Q&A with Corinne Bobrow-Williams
Corinne Bobrow-Williams, visual storyteller, uses remote tools like Zoom and Facetime to photograph her subjects
Safety, prep and knowing your rights
Hostile Environment Awareness trainers, journalists and NPPA general counsel answer questions about safety, prep and legal rights on volatile assignments
This algorithm is a photo editor for 2 decades of archived pictures
Edward McCain and Sean Goggins have an idea to implement a software assistant to create a set of filters that could identify images that won’t ever get used from those most likely to be published.
He Had It Coming: How archives keep giving, almost a century later
When Marianne Mather visited the archives in the Chicago Tribune, what she found inspired her to co-author a book, “He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories”
Immersive Documentaries: Collaborate with the community
Al Jazeera Contrast shares how they produce immersive documentary experiences
POY leader participates in ‘Trauma to Transformation’ panel discussion
On Saturday, Aug. 3, a traveling exhibit from the Newseum in Washington, D.C., of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs opens at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. Lynden Steele, RJI photojournalism director, recently took part in discussion at the exhibit’s stop at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The discussion was titled, “Trauma to Transformation: The … Continued
Winners announced in the 75th annual Pictures of the Year International competition
Adam Ferguson was named Photographer of the Year in the 75th Pictures of Year International competition at the Missouri School of Journalism. Nearly 40,000 images from nearly 100 countries were entered in this year’s competition. Top editors and photographers donated their time to review every entry over a three-week period of judging. For the first … Continued
War stories: How Arnett’s efforts to save Saigon articles inspire today’s preservation efforts
I’m no hero-worshiper, far from it. Yet there are people who I admire, people who have certain principles along with the courage of their convictions. A number of such commendable individuals joined us at the Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving Online News forum last month at UCLA. Among them was journalist Peter Arnett, who won … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism reporters put virtual reality into deadline news
Mizzou VR Journalism hit a benchmark recently by publishing a 360-degree illustrated news feature on normal online newspaper deadline. In an Oct. 26 article in the Columbia Missourian, Emily Shepherd wrote about a Harry Potter-themed astronomy lesson that night at the University of Missouri’s Laws Observatory. Stephanie Miller provided normal photographic coverage, but Claudia Chong and … Continued