Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Point well taken. But, print media does hold to those 'guidelines' rigidly. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Dec 5, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > Many professional journalists do not hold degrees in Journalism, Rita > Braver of CBS holds a Political Science Degree. Charles Osgood, in > Economics, as does Martha Teichner. Dan Rather has his degree in > Journalism. Rush Limbaugh (heh) did not go to college. > > When I was a TV News Producer, we had young graduate reporters who > seemed to have never studied AP Style. One time, a reporter > brought me > a piece of copy, and I told him that if he could diagram that lead > sentence, then I'd let it go to air. He re-wrote the sentence. > > While no one enforces the use of the AP stylebook, (a goodly number of > shops are not AP members,) it is more than convenient to have > standards spelled out. You'll find AP Style differs very little from > Strunk and White. > > > Sonny Carter > http://www.sonc.com > Digital Imaging Specialist > Cammie G. Henry Research Center > Northwestern State University of Louisiana > Natchitoches, LA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+cartersn=nsula.edu@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+cartersn=nsula.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Slobodan Dimitrov > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:36 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado' s work > > I gladly stand corrected. However, try graduating with a degree in > print > journalism without following AP's published guidelines. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > Studio G-8, > Angels Gate Cultural Center > http://sdimitrovphoto.com > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> AP is a cooperative, not a corporation. TV Stations, radio >> stations or > >> newspapers are members of AP and pay fees to use stuff, and are paid >> fees when they supply news pieces. >> >> >> Sonny Carter >> http://www.sonc.com, >> >> >> >> Digital Imaging Specialist >> Cammie G. Henry Research Center >> Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+cartersn=nsula.edu@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+cartersn=nsula.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> B. >> D. Colen >> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:16 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado' s work >> >> Absolutely not, the whore agreed.;-) However...not textbooks, >> Slobodan, just a manual of style. And given that it's used by most >> newspapers, because they belong to the AP and use its copy, and is >> used by many other publications as well, it makes sense to use it >> in J > >> schools. >> Hardly corporate control though, in the sense that you're implying. >> >> >> On 12/5/05 1:41 PM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey, there's nothing wrong with a journalist being on the take. >>> Oops, > >>> I meant to say...in participating with a product manufacture's >>> informational campaign. >>> After all, don't they have to pass college courses in journalism by >>> using textbooks and guidelines printed by a corporation called AP. >>> So, why stop at graduation. >>> >>> Slobodan Dimitrov >>> Studio G-8, >>> Angels Gate Cultural Center >>> http://sdimitrovphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Dec 5, 2005, at 8:04 AM, Ted Grant wrote: >>> >>>> Slobodan Dimitrov offered: >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado' s work >>>>>>> Funny how that works. >>>>> When a photographer thinks a project is important enough, they >>>>> go a >> >>>>> up a format, and down a technology.<< >>>> >>>> Hi Slobodan, >>>> >>>> I'd almost put money on the table he's received financial >>>> support of > >>>> some kind to use other than the Leica. >>>> >>>> ted >>>> Ted Grant Photography Limited >>>> 1817 Feltham Road >>>> Victoria BC V8N 2A4 >>>> 250-477-2156 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information