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The Guardian: Welcome to English to English

sarakuhlman — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:51:19 -0400

The Guardian: Welcome to English to English:

Our transatlantic cousins over at Guardian US have set up a tumblr to chart any potential cultural misunderstandings between our great peoples. Share your English/US cultural comparisons - or translations - their way.

english2english:

Right, then. Prince Harry’s visit to the USA…

latimes: wnyc: The photo above won the 2013 World Press Photo...

sarakuhlman — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:12:31 -0400

latimes:

wnyc:

The photo above won the 2013 World Press Photo of the Year. It was photoshopped.

the event itself isn’t a fake — there are lots of other photos online that show the children being carried through the streets of Gaza — but the photo itself is almost certainly a composite of three different photos, with various regions spliced together from each of the images, and then further manipulation to illuminate the mourners’ faces.

Here’s how.

-Jody, BL Show-

Another reminder to often take things with a grain of salt!

prweek: Unmetric studied 5,000 brands on Pinterest to find...

sarakuhlman — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:15:17 -0400

prweek:

Unmetric studied 5,000 brands on Pinterest to find which boards generated the largest engagement in terms of followers, comments, likes, and repins. The most popular branded boards fell into categories that most interest Pinterest’s predominantly female users, such as fashion, home, and food. Click the image to see the full infographic.

(via Mashable)

The FJP: A Media Guide on Aging

sarakuhlman — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:36:08 -0400

The FJP: A Media Guide on Aging:

futurejournalismproject:

Recently came across this, a 2009 guide for media and advertising folks on how to avoid perpetuating ageism in the media, which is in itself a nuanced conversation. But it’s worth having a look at and thinking over for those who like to consume their media with wider, kinder, eyes. Here’s …

huffpostcomedy: What Is Twerking? Maybe These Things, According...

sarakuhlman — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:56:43 -0400

huffpostcomedy:

What Is Twerking? Maybe These Things, According To Anyone Over 20

futurejournalismproject: Image Management Beyonce Knowles has...

sarakuhlman — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:25:20 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Image Management

Beyonce Knowles has banned press photographers from her ‘Mrs. Carter’ concert tour in an attempt to prevent unbecoming photos of herself from being used by the media. This appears to be a response to unflattering photos published by Gawker and Buzzfeed from the singer’s Superbowl performance.

Now, Beyonce’s personal photographer, Frank Micelotta, is the only one officially allowed to capture images of Beyonce during her concerts. The press is then given a link to an “official” website where they must register to download “approved” images.

In an article in Slate, Alyssa Rosenberg points out the quandary of celebrities censoring — or otherwise trying to completely control — their pictures:

“[Beyonce is] turning the media into a distribution machine for whatever message she wants to send, rather than accepting that others have the right to judge the tour, as a product she’s offering up.”

FJP: Pop stars aren’t the only ones practicing the dark arts of image control.

Earlier this winter Politico published an article about the Washington press corps’ frustration with their access to the White House. Part of that criticism was the Obama administration’s use of social media to bypass them with images and information posted directly to the public.

For example, the White House Flickr gallery is made up of photographs by Pete Souza, the official Obama administration photographer. Souza captures and even stages pictures of the president — like Obama’s moment of silence photo op held in honor of the Boston bombings — and many of those images have been used by the news media.

Is it acceptable that politicians can craft their own image, but not celebrities? And how authentic can journalism be if everyone gets their images from one, tightly controlled source?

Sort of related: Attorney, Carolyn E. Wright, points out in Slate’s Manners For The Digital Age podcast: if you’re in a publicly-accessible area, and you don’t have an expectation of privacy, you’re fair game to photographed.

Famous people, beware: as long as the media have their will, they’ll get you on camera their way — be you Obama, or be you Beyonce. — Krissy

Image: Beyonce from the Super Bowl, via Pocket-Lint.

Academy Award Winner Actor Adrien Brody Named as Judge of the...

sarakuhlman — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:21:13 -0400

Academy Award Winner Actor Adrien Brody Named as Judge of the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Film Competition

nbcnews: Executive decision: White House Tumblr endorses hard...

sarakuhlman — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:44:30 -0400

nbcnews:

Executive decision: White House Tumblr endorses hard ‘G’ for GIFs

(Photo: whitehouse.tumblr.com)

The White House is headed to microblogging service Tumblr, and it promised in its announcement on Twitter that “there will be GIFs.” Not only that, but an administration-posted image offers an executive decision on one of the most bitterly debated issues in the history of the Internet: the pronunciation of GIF.

Read the complete story.

Tell us, Tumblr: How do you say ‘GIF’?

pewresearch: Our latest Internet report finds that the...

sarakuhlman — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:54:37 -0400

pewresearch:

Our latest Internet report finds that the well-educated and the well-off are more likely than others to participate in civic life online – just as they have always been more likely to be active in politics and community affairs offline.

graph via Deseret News

Boston Magazine’s awesome May cover

wendyminter — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:15:09 -0400

Boston Magazine’s awesome May cover

prweek: Newspaper reporter has been ranked the “worst job of...

sarakuhlman — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:43:19 -0400

prweek:

Newspaper reporter has been ranked the “worst job of 2013,” according to a survey by CareerCast. The study looked at 200 jobs and ordered them from most to least desirable based on a criteria of environment, income, outcome, and stress. Lumberjack, oil rig worker, actor, and dairy farmer were some of the positions that ranked higher than reporter.

nbcnews: Girl Scouts chapter to add video game...

sarakuhlman — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:55:41 -0400

nbcnews:

Girl Scouts chapter to add video game patch

(Photo: Heart Patch / WIGI)

As recent campaigns across social media have shown, the game industry has slowly begun to own up to its troublesome legacy of sexism — expanding roles for women in the business while updating representations of them in the games.

Read the complete story.

guardian: Today’s UK media front pages covering Margaret...

sarakuhlman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:51:49 -0400

guardian:

Today’s UK media front pages covering Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Photographs: the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Times, the Independent, the Sun, the Metro

prweek: Time magazine released a preview of its tablet-only...

sarakuhlman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:44:49 -0400

prweek:

Time magazine released a preview of its tablet-only special edition about the Boston bombings. The cover, which features a police officer carrying a crying young boy, has been met with mixed reactions. What do you think of the cover?

huffingtonpost: Looking for the helpers, and keeping all those...

sarakuhlman — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:14:23 -0400

huffingtonpost:

Looking for the helpers, and keeping all those affected by today’s tragedy in our hearts.

We are excited to be a sponsor of Hispanicize 2013. Stop by...

dkorvah — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:42:35 -0400

We are excited to be a sponsor of Hispanicize 2013. Stop by booth 8 with your button which can be found in your conference bag and see if you’re a lucky winner!

Oakley Invites You To Change Perspective

sarakuhlman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:09:16 -0400

Oakley Invites You To Change Perspective

latimes: National Geographic meets Hunter S. Thompson Friday...

sarakuhlman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:06:48 -0400

latimes:

National Geographic meets Hunter S. Thompson

Friday marks the debut of Vice Media Group’s latest venture - a weekly news magazine on HBO. Vice, known for its print magazine and documentaries, is in a unique position among other media outlets: It’s growing, especially among younger readers.

On Vice’s decision earlier this year to bring Dennis Rodman, of all people, to North Korea as fuel for a documentary:

“We’re not saying Dennis Rodman is Morley Safer. He’s an absurd character and North Korea’s an absurd place,” Smith said over one of his trademark boozy lunches. But, he was quick to add, “I have a one-of-a-kind documentary with one-of-a-kind access to one of the hardest countries in the world to film.”

Read through reporter Joe Flint’s entire interview with Smith over at Company Town.

Photo: Michael Nagle / For The Times

nbcnews: Can you hear me now? Cellphone turns 40 (Photo: NBC...

sarakuhlman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:02:31 -0400

nbcnews:

Can you hear me now? Cellphone turns 40

(Photo: NBC via Getty)

Forty years ago, Martin Cooper, a VP at Motorola, made history by placing the very first cellphone call. Appropriately enough, he called his rival at AT&T’s Bell Labs.

Read the complete story.

prweek: Despite China’s growing economic clout, the country’s...

sarakuhlman — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:25:11 -0400

prweek:

Despite China’s growing economic clout, the country’s technology companies still have a way to go to catch up with US tech competitors in terms of coverage, according to the “Mind the Gap” study from Weber Shandwick and Prime Research. The above infographic shows that Chinese tech firms account for only 5% of overall share of voice among tech brands analyzed in Western media. Read more in this month’s Lowdown.