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Jan
22

Pocket photojournalism

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I am preparing a workshop on video storytelling for some of my students — and that brought me to revisit this video I made for a conference I could not attend last year. It’s getting old in the sense that more alternatives are now available but still a pretty good wrap:

I produced this video in lieu of appearing on a panel that I was unable to attend at the National Press Photographers Association’s Northern Short Course in in Warwick, RI, in March 2011, considering tech concerns for educators teaching photojournalism students. Related links are below.

Gorillapod - iPhone Tripod Holder - Photojoj iPhone telephoto lens - Eye-Fi cards - Virgin Mobile MiFi hub - Zoomit - Posterous.com

Dec
04

Free holiday fun in Philly

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A crowd watches children singing on the 2100 square-foot video wall during the Comcast Holiday Spectacular at The Comcast Center in Philadelphia last night. A few blocks away last week, we dropped in on an older Philadelphia tradition, the Holiday Light Show at Macy’s, seen below.


Photos by Jim MacMIllan ©2011

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The residents of #OccupyPhilly celebrate Thanksgiving with a turkey dinner on Dilworth Plaza at Philadelphia City Hall. The first holiday decorations also began to appear.  photos

I try to stop by to photograph Occupy Philly just about every day. Read More→

Nov
12

Autumn at Swarthmore

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This is the Swarthmore College, near Philadelphia, where I teach Peace and Conflict Journalism and advise the students who produce our weekly public radio program, War News Radio, housed in the building above. The campus shares the same boundaries of the Scott Arboretum.  Read More→