Visual Editors
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Ryan J. Sparrow
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Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 6
Posted:
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:45 pm
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For the past few summers I have been helping out with the Kalish Picture-Editing workshops and have been really impressed with the overall quality of the week-long session. It's a really great opportunity for anyone looking to get a new perspective and appreciation of really strong photography and how to get a better design/photography relationship.
The faculty has included Randy Cox, Bob Lynn, J. Bruce Baumann, Julie Elman, Kenny Irby, Scott Sines, Eric Strachan and several other photo and design crossovers.
They are accepting applications until the end of February. I have cut/pasted a message sent out recently to photo editors in case you were interested.... And if anyone has gone to the workshop, please feel free to put in a good word or two.
The Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop is accepting applications for two sessions in June. Since early applications are given greater consideration, now is the best time to apply for you or your staff. Last year, high interest in the workshop resulted in a waiting list. The workshop accepts a limited number of participants per session in order to keep the ratio of faculty to students at an optimum level.
Go to www.kalishworkshop.org to download an application form.
This year’s workshops run from Friday, June 1, to Wednesday, June 6, 2007, and from Friday, June 8, to Wednesday, June 13, 2006. Both are held at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.
The Kalish Workshop enters its 18h year in 2007 and is recognized by industry leaders as the premiere picture editing workshop in the country. It is also the most affordable. It continues to get rave reviews from those who attend and from editors whose staffers return recharged and filled with new ideas and approaches. For those unfamiliar with this one-of-a-kind workshop, here are the details:
THE WORKSHOP. The Kalish is aimed at developing the integrated journalist with a strong emphasis on visual presentation. All editors with picture responsibilities need a broad understanding of ethics and newsroom relationships, and a better grasp of managing creative people in a fast changing environment.
This year’s curriculum reflects the industry’s fast-paced move to more multi-media web-based reporting with an additional training day (at and additional charge of $150) and web components integrated into most every presentation. A hands-on audio/slide show has been added to the exercises.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Picture editors, desk editors, designers, section editors, managing editors and anyone who handles visuals. The Kalish has been directed at those mid-career professionals who are coming new to the picture desk. But it now attracts other newsroom staffers as well.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT: The Kalish offers five days of hands-on assignments, discussions, interactive presentations and critiques. Integrated print and web exercises include discussions of news value, generating assignments; selecting pictures; pairing pictures; different editing approaches to web and print; building audio/slide shows; photo captions; legal issues; designing news and picture pages; ethical considerations; managing the photo department; hiring; motivating photographers and building bridges with other editors all in a multiple platform environment. All work is critiqued by both faculty and fellow students. Heavy emphasis is put on the thought process: participants are expected to defend and articulate their decision rationales. Decide and defend is a theme of the workshop
WHO ARE THE FACULTY: Ten are scheduled for each session. They’re the nation’s top prize-winning picture editors and skilled administrators. There is ample time for all students to interact with faculty members. Past faculty have included: Bob Lynn, Kenny Irby, J. Bruce Baumann, Randy Cox, Mark Edelson, Patty Reksten, Scott Sines, Brian Storm, Eric Strachan, Sue Morrow, Geri Migielicz, Jan Carroll, Bryan Moss, John Ahlhauser, John Rumbach and Bill Gugliotta.
OPTIONAL INDESIGN/SOUNDSLIDES INTRODUCTORY DAY: It’s critical to be proficient in the basics of Adobe InDesign and Soundslides to participate in the workshop. Applicants who don’t know enough about this software program to design a page or produce a basic audio/slide show for the web, should sign up for the InDesign/Soundslides introductory session. We ask this so that you don’t spend more time fumbling with the computer than with thoughtful picture selection and creative design. The introductory session runs from 9 am to 4 pm on Friday. The regular workshop begins at 6 p.m. on Friday.
WORKSHOP COSTS: The registration fee is $650. The optional InDesign day is an additional $150. Applications require a deposit ($100 for the workshop; $25 for the InDesign session). The balance is due on May 1 and no refunds can be made after that date.
WORKSHOP LODGING: Students may elect to stay in one of the Ball State dorm rooms. The current rate for air-conditioned dorm rooms is $22.50 each, double occupancy and $27 single per day. These have a shared bath. The university may raise these rates before next June, but the price hike should not be significant. A limited number of hotel rooms are available at Ball State’s Pittenger Student Center. A single room costs between $47 and $54. Reservations can be made by calling 765-285-1555. Other hotels are located near the Ball State campus, but students would need to provide their own transportation to and from the hotel.
DEADLINE: The application deadline is Feb. 28, 2005. Those accepted into the workshop will be notified by March 14.
UNIVERSITY CREDIT: Ball State University offers graduate level credit to Kalish participants. For information, contact Tom Price, photojournalism sequence coordinator, at: tprice@bsu.edu.
QUESTIONS. Call Scott Sines at 901-529-5843 or e-mail sines@commercialappeal.com. |
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