Spring Break
University of Hawaii Mānoa (UHM) Student College Newspaper
At the beginning of summer, when I had first whole-heartedly stepped into photojournalism and the print world, I believed that the still/print industry was, and possibly still is fundamentally changing - both due to technological advances and market forces - and that still photographers needed to embrace new ideologies and technologies.
A lot has happened in the past 6 months - most notably the economy (and on a more positive note, game changing technological advances such DSLRs that shoot 1080p video.) My outlook for the print industry is now quite dire - in many ways this economic downturn may lead to an incredible series of layoffs and failures in the upcoming year that our industry has never seen before. What I assumed would happen over the next 3-5 years - may happen in the next year or two - precipitated by this economic downturn that we’re experiencing.
Newspapers and magazines are facing the absolute perfect storm - which is by definition, a contradiction in terms - a perfect storm, of course, is a devastating one. The old world print media relies on advertising, and readers. The problem is that as we all know, both subscribers and advertisers are seeing a very, very sharp decline. This is why you’re seeing incredibly cut backs in budgets, and massive layoffs. Publications are cutting the fat - and more often than not - into the bone - and guaranteeing their extinction in the long.
The really interesting thing however, is how many people in the industry are adapting to the changes of a system and culture that they have been apart of for so long. Still photographers are about to be in a new paradigm soon, as the multimedia bandwagon quickly starts to pick up speed. Soundslides and Final Cut Pro are some programs that Visual Journalists have to learn in addition to Photoshop to survive in this ever-changing industry. The truth is - our way of doing things - not only the way we gather our content, but also the way we package, deliver and the way we expect to be paid for that work - is being shattered by a variety of internal and external forces that simply aren’t going to go away. Our industry is not dying - it’s evolving - and there’s no reason to run around in a panic… many of us will survive…and yet, many of us will be forced to work in an entirely different field.
Cast: Chad Fujihara (host), Taylor Hall, Casey Chin, Meghan Lopez, and Bali Fergusson.
If you haven’t listened to the latest episode of “Ka Leo Uila - The Electric Voice” go do that here at kaleo.org/podcast/kaleouila and refer back here as need be.
Section 1: The News
Right off the bat Taylor brings up Kent’s nifty portfolio column and of course Toby’s darling comics…
Visit kalamakua.org right now and tell them we sent you…then maybe they won’t mind us stealing their table every week.
The puzzle that Taylor was hoping to get into the paper is called KenKen. Personally I think it’s pretty cool.
Here’s the ROTC article for those who missed it and a list of everything that Abbie’s written…and all the stuff that Hannah wrote too.
Oops…to be discontinued…haha…ha.
Go browse the tons of editorial cartoons that MCT Campus has to offer.
Here’s the Abercrombie thing and the jaywalking thing too.
I’m no expert, and not to make light of people dying, but this whole “military should avoid killing civilians” seems like pretty sound advice.
Seriously: rain adds to puddles.
Writing a letter to the editor here may get you printed in the paper…though writing to podcast@kaleo.org may get (read: will get) your letter read on a fake radio show.
On to food items…braising a ruckus.
I wrote about meat-ish and here’s a link to a mini-movie about meat (Thanks to Scott Sharkey at 1up.com for posting the link originally in his preview of Meat Boy).
Links to stuff that I talked about: Gish, Aether, Kongregate, Kongregate Labs!
Fueled by Kris’ article, Bali goes looking for trouble…
Our apologies to the University Catholic Center for pretty much everything.
The sexy elephant in the room: sustainability.
Section 2: Everything Else
I’ll bet you listeners were worried we wouldn’t go off on randomness, sillies.
In all fairness, you could think of Cannibal: The Musical as the “Rocky Mountain Horror Picture Show”.
A genuine-ish debate about a new addition to the campus: Homeland Security Center.
If you’ve grown accustomed to longer programming, you could always listen to the show twice…
Remember to send non-spam to podcast@kaleo.org it will make me very happy or comment here on the show notes.
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