Video by Galen Clarke
Ice is removed only twice a year at Raleigh’s RBC Center — for the Circus and at the end of the hockey season. All other events that occur during hockey season, including monster truck rallies, take place on top of the ice, which is protected by thick layers of fiberglass and, in some cases, plywood. This timelapse, produced by CPJ senior Galen Clarke, shows us just how much manpower goes into making the switch from basketball to hockey.
Timelapse by Galen Clarke
Bert Fox’s 33-year career in journalism began as a cub reporter in northern Utah, and took him through Oregon as a photojournalist, to Philadelphia as a picture editor and art director, onto National Geographic Magazine as a picture editor and most recently he is the Charlotte Observer’s director of photography.
Fox’s honors include being named “Picture Editor of the Year” five times by the University of Missouri in its annual Pictures of the Year competition. This month The Charlotte Observer was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Public Service Journalism for its stories and pictures chronicling America’s home foreclosure crisis.
- When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday April 22 (Doors will open at 7 p.m.)
- Where: Carroll Hall Room 33 (Lower Level)
Don’t forget that our annual juried photo exhibit will be opening on April 9 at 6 p.m. at Carroll Hall. However, if you cannot make it to the show be sure to check it out online with our flickr group. Photos will be posted the night of the opening. Click here to join the group.
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See you Wednesday.
Carolina Photojournalism’s documentary project On the Line has been awarded honorable mention honors for Best Multimedia Package in the 2008 Best of Photojournalism contest held by the National Press Photographer’s Association. On the Line is a collection of multimedia narratives that examine the different faces of economic hardship in the state of North Carolina.
The Best of Photojournalism competition, now in its seventh year, is one of the most prestigious and competitive contests in the industry; so congratulations to all the students involved in this wonderful piece of multimedia storytelling: Julia Barker, Kate Lord, Joanne McVerry, Susannah Ray, Maggie Sartin, Traci White, Melissa Williamson, Chris Carmichael, Galen Clarke, Beth Ely, Miranda Harple, Ricky Leung, Kelly Marks, Jonathan Stotts and Crystal Street.
Click here to read the judges comments and view other winners.
photo by Crystal Street
Please come join us for the opening of this year’s 37th Frame, our annual student-run photo contest. Earlier this year a panel of professional journalists reviewed more than 500 submissions, from which they selected 50 images and 5 photo stories that represent the best of 2007-2008. As always, the exhibition features a diverse group of images, which bear witness to experiences across the globe.
- When: Opening Reception April 9th from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit will run until May 12th.
- Where: Carroll Hall, garden level.
- Free food: Yes.
photo by Galen Clarke
In early January, Shannon Greene and his family moved to Chapel Hill searching for refuge after a house fire and a motorcycle accident left the family of four searching for somewhere to call home. While nothing has come easy, with a little help and a lot of faith, the Greene’s have found a new home and a renewed sense of hope.
Photographer John W. Adkisson, sophomore, recently finished 5th in the second round of the Hearst Photojournalism Awards. Adkisson, along with seven other finalists, will submit additional photos for a semi-final round of judging this May. Of those, six photojournalists will be chosen to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championships in
Photos by John W. Adkisson
Ben de la Cruz is an Emmy Award winning documentary video producer and reporter for washingtonpost.com. Prior to joining the Web site in January 2000, Ben worked as an independent producer for public television, a print reporter covering the Internet industry and a freelance photography reviewer for Photo District News magazine. Ben has also co-produced songs released by Sony Music, Dischord and DCide Records. In 2006, Ben’s produced a series of 12 video stories about racial identity on washingtonpost.com for Being a Black Man, a year-long multimedia project that would win the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 2007. These videos were also nominated for a national Emmy Award the same year.
Ben got his start as a filmmaker in 1996 by producing for PBS a documentary about a mentally challenged young man who learns to live on his own. It was a defining experience that taught him how the power of visual storytelling can positively impact social justice issues. His subsequent documentaries about homelessness, race, criminal justice, affordable housing, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have also been recognized for their excellence by the National Press Photographers Association, Picture of the Year International, Casy Medal for Meretorious Journalism, Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Web Reporting, the Online News Association Award for multimedia reporting, and the Associated Press Managing Editors Award, among others. Born in Manila, Ben now lives in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
- Where: Carroll Hall Room 033 (In the Basement)
- When: February 26, 2008 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Refreshments will be served starting at 7:00 p.m.)
Every year students from J481 take part in a semester long documentary project on a topic of their choosing. This year they will joined by talented students from the school’s editorial, infographics and multimedia sequences to document the stories of North Carolina’s emerging Latino communities. Between 1990 and 2000 the number of Latinos in the state grew nearly 400 percent according to the U.S. Census. The cultural and economic impact is undeniable. A 2006 study by the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill estimated the economic contribution of Hispanic immigrants in North Carolina at more than $9 billion. Yet, issues surrounding illegal immigration, including access to education, remain hotly contested. In what will be an ongoing project, we hope to use all of our resources to produce a site that takes an uncharacteristically intimate look into an incredibly diverse group of new North Carolinians.
Have a story idea? Let us know in a comment or email us at pdavison@email.unc.edu or jccarmic@email.unc.edu.
Photo by Traci White (from last year’s award-winning project On the Line)
