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

| How to Fail as a Photographer ::.. |
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| 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 ...
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| 'Turning the camera on yourself' ::.. |
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| 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 ...
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| Moving On: A Career Outside Photography ::.. |
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| 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-...
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| Ask Sports Shooter: Assisting - Shawn Cullen ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Ask Sports Shooter: Assisting - Jordan Murph ::.. |
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| 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'...
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| In The Bag: Football Season and the Perfect Bag ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Gray Matters: Jean Francois Leroy's vision ::.. |
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| 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...
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| View from the Bird’s Nest ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Beijing 2008: A Photographer's Blog. Part 2 ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Strip Tease ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Review: 'Still' by Robb Kendrick ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Beijing 2008: A Photographer's Blog. Part 1 ::.. |
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| 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...
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| Gray Matters: Are you dependable? ::.. |
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| 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...
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| The Moment Before it Clicks ::.. |
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| 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...
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