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Waiting for the President
Chicago newsreel cameramen waiting for President Truman to speak at the April 6, 1946 Army Day observance in Chicago. Notice the media credentials shoved in the hat band of the cameramen on the left. The old Hollywood journalist stereotype was actually based upon a real practice, not artistic license. From the camera of the photographers […]
Read More →Supeshooter DP’s the GTP
I recently started working with a new client in Atlanta. Goldie Taylor is known in the media as a cultural critic and political analyst. I have been shooting and directing the first videos of the Goldie Taylor Project. Hopefully, it will get a distr…
Read More →Supeshooter DP’s the GTP
I recently started working with a new client in Atlanta. Goldie Taylor is known in the media as a cultural critic and political analyst. I have been shooting and directing the first videos of the Goldie Taylor Project. Hopefully, it will get a distr…
Read More →How to deal with confidential sources
How far will you go to protect the identity of sources who give you information on the condition that you not reveal their names? If you haven’t thought about it, you should. Every reporter eventually runs into a story so important that it’s worth getting the information on a confidential basis. But you’d better understand […]
How to deal with confidential sources
How far will you go to protect the identity of sources who give you information on the condition that you not reveal their names? If you haven’t thought about it, you should. Every reporter eventually runs into a story so important that it’s worth getting the information on a confidential basis. But you’d better understand […]
A rather mundane story (or so he though)
Browsing through The Commons on Flickr, I came across this interesting photo from Lakehurst in 1936 that was posted by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University. There’s a story behind that photo, a lesson from the past if you could call it that. A reminder that even the most mundane of stories can turn […]
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