This post is a master list of the lables on this blog. When one is selected, the last 20 posts (photos and/or text) tagged with each lable appear.
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Monthly clip contest categories
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access
agriculture
American Indian
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art (Mark's art - photo mosaics)
Austin
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award winner (Mark's awards)
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baseball
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basketball
Beaumont
biography (PJ-related)
blog maintenance
boxing
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celebrities
Central High School
Chambers County
Christmas
citizen journalism
college (for collegiate PJs)
Collin County
commercial
composition (PJ-related)
concert
contest (PJ-related)
copyright (PJ-related)
CPOY (PJ-related)
critique
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Dallas
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Denton County
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editorial (opinion/editorial)
education
equipment (PJ-related)
ethics (PJ-related)
everything else (PJ-related)
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faces of immigration (project)
FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Fayrouz
feature
festival
finances (PJ-related)
fire
food
football
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Galveston County
gator
general news
General PJ (PJ-related)
get a job (PJ-related)
golf
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Hardin County
health
high school (for high school PJs)
hockey
holiday
Houston
how-to (PJ-related)
Hurricane Katrina (project)
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illustration
interview (PJ-related)
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Jasper County
Jefferson County
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Kountze
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Lamar University
legal (PJ-related)
Liberty County
lighting
links
Liza
Louisiana
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Mardi Gras (series)
Memorial High School (Port Arthur)
military
music
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nature
Nederland
Newton County
news Please see spot news or general news
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Orange County
other places
Ozen High School
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parade
patriot guard
performance
Photoshop
photo story/essay
photography (nouns)
pictorial
PJ post (PJ-related)
PJ sports (PJ-related)
police (and crime)
politics (and politicians)
Port Arthur
Port Neches
portrait
portraiture (PJ related)
pro (PJ and sports -related)
Pulitzer Prize
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quiz
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religion
roadtrip
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Sabine County
Sabine Pass
save money (PJ-related)
senior (senior citizens)
Silsbee
slideshow
soccer
softball
sports
spot news
stock
swimming
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Tarrant County
Tennis
Texana
track
Tyler County
TV
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VJ
Vidor
video
volleyball
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water
weather
West Brook High School
West Orange-Stark High School
wildlife
work flow (PJ related)
wrestling
writing (PJ related)
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I am lost in my attempts to get a job as a photojournalist. I have been trying for three years now. I have a BA in Photojournalism, an Associate in Photography. I went to Art Institute of Pittsburgh and then transferred to Point Park (Pittsburgh PA) for my BA and mainly focused on writing in my last years of school. I never got the updated versions of photoshop, and never learned how to make web sites. I need to learn multi-media. I feel like I should go to school all over again.
I have many writing skills and have gotten freelance work based on writing, but my photo skills have become a thing of the past. I only have images of events from articles for a portfolio. The paper has not called me in months, and I feel like just another waitress, another failed journalist who never made it. I need direction. I know I just need to start shooting again, for me, for my portfolio, but I have no idea where to start. I want to take great photos, but everytime I take a trip and just shoot, it seams like I can't do good enough for myself. Should I get a police/fire scanner? I don't know how else to get shots of hard news, I have many features, but nothing news related. Please help. Any advice would be great.
Deb
Hi Deb,
I understand your frustration. The last three years have been the hardest on the profession since it began.
I wish I could say things are about to change, but it appears there will be more pro job cuts in 2009.
First, you must be ready to conduct business. Here's a list of posts to get you started. You must be better than any currently working pro and have equipment to handle and transmit any assignment on short notice.
Primarily, you must have a Web site (or blog) with a portfolio. There isn't one linked to your ID, and you didn't leave a reference. Without an online portfolio, you're missing opportunities.
From your note, you may need some images for your portfolio. This means you'll need to work hard each day to make images.
Sports PJ is the fastest way to get portfolio pieces. There's action, emotion, color and people. It's spot news confined inside a bowl.
Next would be combing local publications for public events - particularly those other media wouldn't cover. You could easily shoot fundraisers for local charities. This could open the door for a better story about a charity's work (domestic abuse, poverty, immigration and green issues are all good).
You might also want to drop an e-mail to every local person you know. Tell them you're looking for photo story ideas. Tell them you want to touch the souls of your viewers by finding meaningful, emotional stories. Any stories of people facing or overcoming obstacles will do. See what you get. :-)
A good police scanner costs several hundred dollars. Additionally, chasing spot news for portfolio raises some serious ethical questions if you don't have an outlet for the public to see the images or purpose behind your work.
For your work to have purpose, you'll need information about stories, access to those stories, and an outlet for the completed stories. To make a living and continue working, you'll need income from the stories (either before or after they're shot). I'm working on a nonprofit org to create this structure, but it's still a few months from fruition.
This should get you started. I wish I had happier news, but it's a difficult time for the industry and the pro PJs on the street.
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