The Talking Pictures Podcast

The Talking Pictures Podcast

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The Talking Pictures Podcast episodes

  • Her first dead body
    The emotion was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Family members were crying and wailing, a fight broke out and her long lens malfunctioned. Paul and Todd chat with Dispatch/Argus photo intern, Meg McLaughlin, about having to cover her first 'tragedy', a drowning in Rock Island on July 19, 2015.
    30 min
  • Bill Murray, Jordan Spieth and the money shot
    In this week's edition of the podcast the boys talk about meeting and photographing actor/golfer Bill Murray, Jordan Spieth winning the John Deere Classic and getting the money shot from all of the above. Oh and did we mention Bill Murray, because you won't want to miss this podcast. Link to a blog post about the JDC - http://talkingpicturespodcast.blogspot.com/2015/07/ring-around-green.html
    48 min
  • Gangsters and Blackhawks with Marianne Morgan
    In this week's edition of the Talking Pictures Podcast we chat with Chicago Tribune photo editor Marianne Mather Morgan about Gangsters & Grifters: Classic Crime Photos from the Chicago Tribune. Marianne, one of three editors involved in the book, is also a former Dispatch/Argus photo intern. The conversation also features a behind the scenes look at covering the Chicago Blackhawk's 2015 Stanley Cup celebration.
    42 min
  • Award winning sports photographer Brian Ray
    This week's edition of the Talking Pictures Podcast features an interview with award winning sports photographer Brian Ray. After nearly 20-years in the business of newspaper photojournalism Brian is now the staff photographer for the University of Iowa's Athletic Department in Iowa City, Iowa. Ray covers 24 sports nearly 24/7 for the U of Iowa but he took time out of his busy schedule to sit down and talk pictures.
    37 min
  • The dark side of the biz

    This week on the Talking Pictures Podcast explores the dark-side of being a photojournalist. The veteran photojournalists talk about how they deal with covering tragedy from behind the lens. Why do people tell want to their stories?

    50 min
  • Psuedo Events, journalism's dirty little secret

    The Talking Pictures Podcast welcomes Holly Sparkman, Communications Director for the Rock Island-Milan School District, to discuss the art of creating the visual for a 'pseudo event'. If you have ever wondered what really happens at the behind the scenes at 'staged' media events you will want to listen to this podcast. The conversation also features high school mascots and bee costumes.

    55 min
  • Psuedo Events, journalism’s dirty little secret

    The Talking Pictures Podcast welcomes Holly Sparkman, Communications Director for the Rock Island-Milan School District, to discuss the art of creating the visual for a 'pseudo event'. If you have ever wondered what really happens at the behind the scenes at 'staged' media events you will want to listen to this podcast. The conversation also features high school mascots and bee costumes.

    55 min
  • Audience questions
    In this week's edition of the Talking Pictures podcast the boys answer questions from listeners about the photojournalists they admire and their own personal "style" of photography. The diverse and livly conversation also turns towards advice for young photographers when it comes to entering photo contests.
    46 min
  • Audience questions
    In this week's edition of the Talking Pictures podcast the boys answer questions from listeners about the photojournalists they admire and their own personal "style" of photography. The diverse and livly conversation also turns towards advice for young photographers when it comes to entering photo contests.
    46 min

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