Journo stuff I’ve collected on 07/29/2013

• 8 Great Tips For Photographing Bees : Paper Airplanes

  “Anticipate. Bees have a perceptible rhythm and habits. In the time it takes to depress the shutter, the bee may have already moved so sometimes you may want to shoot “before” they move in order to catch them in flight. Even then, though, it’s hard. Some bees are slower and more deliberate than others. Follow them.”

  tags: photography bees tips

• Photographing stripey pollinators

  “There are two approaches to photographing bees, flies and bugs, the first is to select an individual bloom / blossom flower, and wait for the subject to come to it. This guarantees a good flower specimen, but needs a whole lot of patience and an inordinate amount of luck. “

  tags: photography bees

• Newspapers: A decent proposal | The Economist

  ” Regional newspapers, more reliant on classifieds, are in worse shape. In January there were 1,054 regional titles, down around 18% since 2008.

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  tags: newspapers economist closures

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