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Getting started in this crazy business
Whether you are a student just starting to think about photojournalism, or a seasoned professional looking to gain a few new skills, this area of SportsShooter.com is designed to help you make the most of your educational efforts. Thanks to Brooks Institute of Photography for helping us with the creation and upkeep of this area.
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Neil Leifer: The Golden Age of American Football, 1958-1978 [SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION]
[ Staff 10/03/08 ]
Athlete
[ Mike Doran 10/01/08 ]
War Photographer
[ Alex Surrey 09/28/08 ]
What Matters
[ Staff 09/19/08 ]
Edward Steichen: In High Fashion: The Conde Nast Years, 1923-1937
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Most Popular Books:
Best Business Practices for Photographers
[ Current Rating: 9.92, Votes: 12 ]
Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in the Vietnam and Indochina War
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
The Americans
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
The Photographic Essay: William Albert Allard
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters
[ Current Rating: 9.83, Votes: 6 ]
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|| Educational Programs

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Adventure Photography Workshop
[ Brett Wilhelm 07/09/08 ]
Rich Clarkson Sports Photography Workshop
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Missouri Photo Workshop
[ Wayne Thomas 03/19/08 ]

Highest Rated Workshops:
Missouri Photo Workshop
[ Current Rating: 9.8, Votes: 5 ]
Sports Shooter Academy
[ Current Rating: 9.74, Votes: 31 ]
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[ Current Rating: 9.73, Votes: 15 ]
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|| Photojournalism Internship Rankings:
[The top 20 out of 360 internships, highest ranked at the top.]
Rank Publication Name Last Updatedby Rating Votes
1 The Muskegon Chronicle Anthony Soufflé (11.25.07, 6:27 PM) 10 7
2 Cleveland Plain Dealer Danny Gawlowski (2.03.06, 10:35 PM) 10 4
3 Los Angeles Times Tyson Evans (11.10.05, 5:48 PM) 10 4
4 Seattle Times Dustin Snipes (9.17.06, 12:03 AM) 10 4
5 The (Allentown) Morning Call Max Orenstein (10.04.07, 4:40 PM) 10 4
6 National Geographic Magazine Todd Buchanan (9.14.08, 12:25 PM) 10 3
7 Wisconsin State Journal Matthew Wisniewski (7.01.08, 8:51 AM) 10 3
8 Anchorage Daily News John Hagen (10.08.07, 1:05 PM) 10 2
9 Edmonton Journal Anthony De Young (10.23.07, 3:06 PM) 10 2
10 Fort Worth Star Telegram Alex Diaz (8.20.04, 11:29 AM) 10 2
11 Newark Star Ledger Alan Neuhauser (2.02.08, 8:32 PM) 10 2
12 San Angelo Standard-Times Ivan Aguirre (10.25.06, 10:18 PM) 10 2
13 Scripps Howard News Service Ivan Aguirre (6.17.07, 3:04 PM) 10 2
14 Skagit Valley Herald Luke Harris (9.14.08, 10:17 PM) 10 2
15 The Free Lance-Star Noah Rabinowitz (12.17.07, 10:56 PM) 10 2
16 The Hartford Courant Yoon S. Byun (3.19.07, 12:33 PM) 10 2
17 The Sheridan Press Jordan Edgcomb (9.28.06, 12:44 AM) 10 2
18 The Virginian-Pilot Yoon S. Byun (9.15.06, 11:27 PM) 10 2
19 Getty Images (Los Angeles) Jonathan Moore (9.18.08, 9:43 PM) 10 1
20 (Lewiston) Sun Journal Laura Segall (6.13.06, 8:26 PM) 10 1
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|| SportsShooter.com Educational Headlines:


How to Fail as a Photographer ::..
  | Allen Murabayashi | Oct 3, 2008 | Self-help gurus want to sell you on success. I prefer to do the opposite. I'd rather tell you how to fail because failure is more insightful. What’s more, you’re probably already on ...

'Turning the camera on yourself' ::..
  | Greg A. Cooper, Brooks Institute | Oct 3, 2008 | Oh boy, here he goes again… yet another story about going through archives! The other day I was having a conversation with David LaBelle. He was commiserating with me about going ...

Moving On: A Career Outside Photography ::..
  | Zach Honig, PC Magazine | Oct 3, 2008 | I graduated in May, just returned from the Olympics in Beijing, and I already have a staff job in New York City. How? Staff photographer jobs are about as difficult to land as fixed-...

Ask Sports Shooter: Assisting - Shawn Cullen ::..
  | Shawn Cullen | Oct 3, 2008 | Editor’s Note: I recently received an email from asking about getting a start in photography through assisting an established professional: "Hi, I’m sending you a message cause I...

Ask Sports Shooter: Assisting - Jordan Murph ::..
  | Jordan Murph | Oct 3, 2008 | Editor’s Note: I recently received an email from asking about getting a start in photography through assisting an established professional: "Hi, I’m sending you a message cause I'...

In The Bag: Football Season and the Perfect Bag ::..
  | Donald Miralle | Oct 3, 2008 | This is my favorite time of the year, when the weather starts to cool off, baseball play-offs begin, but more importantly the football season is in full swing. During football season...

Similarities: Breaking into Photography—and Acting ::..
  | Jim McNay | Sep 25, 2008 | Career paths in photography can sometimes be better understood by looking at other careers to see how people get started. The sports analogy of starting in the minor leagues and movi...

Gray Matters: Jean Francois Leroy's vision ::..
  | Jim Merithew, Wired News | Sep 18, 2008 | I am ushered up the grand staircase and into the anti-chamber of the Hotel Pams. The hotel is on a cobbled street in the center of town and all the windows are thrown open in an atte...

View from the Bird’s Nest ::..
  | Joe Gosen, SportsShooter.com | Sep 15, 2008 | In 2006, while enrolled in her first visual journalism course at Brooks Institute with instructor Rick Rickman, Mariah Tauger made a phone call to her family in Boulder, Colorado. Fi...

Robert Hanashiro Headlines Brooks Speakers Program for September & October 2008 ::..
  | Paul Myers, Brooks Institute | Sep 8, 2008 | This is the schedule for Brooks Institute’s School of Visual Journalism Guest Speaker Series for September / October 2008. This series is an exciting line up including a variety of...

Beijing 2008: A Photographer's Blog. Part 2 ::..
  | Nhat V. Meyer, San Jose Mercury News | Aug 19, 2008 | Editors note: SportsShooter.com member and San Jose Mercury News staff photographer Nhat V. Meyer is in Beijing, China covering his second Olympic Games for the Mercury News. He i...

Strip Tease ::..
  | Tom Dahlin | Aug 18, 2008 | Introduction George Silk first used one to produce an innovative and abstract photo essay for Life magazine of the 1960 US Olympic tryouts. He used it again for another essay...

Review: 'Still' by Robb Kendrick ::..
  | Jim McNay | Aug 14, 2008 | Still: Cowboys at the Start of the Twenty-First Century” by Robb Kendrick, published in 2008 by University of Texas Press. Photographers who work on interesting projects, s...

Beijing 2008: A Photographer's Blog. Part 1 ::..
  | Nhat V. Meyer, San Jose Mercury News | Aug 13, 2008 | Editors note: SportsShooter.com member and San Jose Mercury News staff photographer Nhat V. Meyer is in Beijing, China covering his second Olympic Games for the Mercury News. He i...

Gray Matters: Are you dependable? ::..
  | Jim Merithew, Wired News | Aug 11, 2008 | Credits earned. Credits burned. I have had the pleasure of making lots of friends in this crazy business we call journalism. Most of those friends are photo people. We tend to...

The Moment Before it Clicks ::..
  | Jared Dort, The Sun | Jul 29, 2008 | As photographers, we like to stay out of the news. We're behind the scenes, not too far a way from the action and not too close as to draw attention. We're there when the accide...

Sports Shooter Destination: Time Travel- Visiting Cuba ::..
  | Robert Caplin | Jul 29, 2008 | I grew up in a small town in Ohio and have always known I wanted to travel - to meet new people, experience new cultures, to see the world. When I did travel, whether it was to anot...

A Shark Attack, A Lot of Wind and Other Notes from the U.K. ::..
  | Robert Beck, Sports Illustrated | Jul 29, 2008 | If you are ever coming over to the land of the Beatles to cover a golf event make sure you bring your rain gear and something to carry it in. You'll need it. Then you won't. Then you...

Squatty Potties to Blank Stares - On The Ground in Beijing ::..
  | Zach Honig, PopPhoto.com | Jul 29, 2008 | By the time this hits the Web, I'll be about four weeks into my Beijing adventure. I came to China on July 1 (http://beijing2008.popphoto.com/2008/07/flying-to-beiji.html) to work fo...

Traffic, Transportation and Equipment: Tips and Advice For Beijing-Bound Photographers ::..
  | David McIntyre | Jul 29, 2008 | In the last month since I wrote about coming to Beijing for the Olympics http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/2010, there has been both questions and traffic on the Sportsshooter.com me...

Who are the Crossmen? Find out here! ::..