We recently spoke with Michael Shaw. He's one of the most interesting people we've chatted with. His angle is old yet new. Pictures have been part of telling the story of current events even before camera's were around (remember the famous image of the Boston Massacre...need help, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre).
Pictures have been used to help convey emotion, emotive context, and much more when it comes to the news. Yet, just like sound tracks in movies and TV shows they seem to fade into the background without us always realizing they are there. Michael insightfully reframes our conversations and reminds of the impact these pictures have on our own contextualization of stories. How people are portrayed really sets the stage for how we're going to perceive a news story. Our conversation with Michael was one of the more interesting we've had in quite a while, and we've saved it for a slower news day so that it doesn't get drowned out by the news cycle.
We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.
More on Michael Shaw: http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2004/01/_about_me_.html
Winner of the Gilliard Grant of Merit for Excellence in Journalism and News Blogging awarded at NetrootsNation '08; credentialed 2008 DemocraticConvention blog; and producer of the The Huffington Post blog feature "Reading The Pictures," BAGnewsNotes has established a niche in the progressive blogosphere through the expert analysis of news images.
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