Regular blog reader Michael Downend recently sent me an email, suggesting that I cover Flash Journalism. I must admit, I’ve never heard of it, at least not by that name. Rather than doing my own post on the subject, I’ve lifted Michael’s comments from his email and share them here, with some rare adjustments to fit the blog’s formatting requirements. Downend, by the way, is an active international photojournalist and also writes plays and movie scripts. His latest play, written together with his wife poet Karen Blomain, is An American Wife, recently staged in a regional theater in Pennsylvania.
I became aware of Flash Journalism several years ago reading about it in the Annenberg Foundation’s Online Journalism Review. I then bought Mindy McAdams’ book which I’d recommend to anyone with the slightest interest in the subject and the changing face of storytelling technique–at least from the journalists/photojournalists perspective. A friend and fabulous photographer, Kathryn Lesoine, has just read it and may offer some insights into the work (I’ve copied her).
While on the subject of journalism, I’d also suggest the Columbia Journalism Review which until his death three weeks ago carried a terrific column on language by a friend from my years in New England, Evan Jenkins. His last column dealt with the looming perils of thusly.
Some first rate examples of Flash Journalism in the Times’ Multimedia section:
A Photographer’s Journal: Putin’s Russia:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages
View more examples of flash journalism from The New York Times at http://www.nytimes.com/multimed
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