I have to say I agree. When I was in college studying journalism, my
instructors were nothing short of brutal, whether the class involving
writing, editing or photography. Their message was if you can't cut it here,
how do you think you'll do out there? I personally witnessed several
mediocre students being "invited" to leave the program and pursue
opportunities elsewhere. Competition in the field is fierce, especially in
the area where I live (saturated with newspapers). At the time, I and the
other students resented the hell out of it, but we really couldn't have had
better training. One of my favorite instructors was a drill sergeant in the
Army Reserves. I admit though, my training was probably a little extreme --
journalism can be a vicious profession. As a friend of mine's little girl
once said, "It's a dog-eatin' world out there..."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald F. Cermak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 12:39 PM
Subject: About PUG Commentaries
> I've sat back and watched dirt fly after Shel posted his commentaries. I
> think Shel did a good thing, calling the pictures as he saw them, and
> offering constructive criticism. The subsequent attacks on Shel's
character
> were completely uncalled for. If the picture isn't inspiring to the
> critiquer, what does it mean for them to offer a critique that doesn't
state
> that?
>
> Come on folks - it's the action not the person we are critiquing here,
take
> constructive criticism as a blessing. The first round of commentaries
last
> month seemed so overly nice, that it appeared people were swooning over
some
> particularly mundane photos. It got so bad, I ignored the latter
comments,
> and felt a little sick trying come up with "nice" only comments about my
> assigned photographs - i.e. I really wanted to say some critical comments
> about some of them, but felt I would be "out of line" with the previous
nice
> comments. I'm glad Shel had the guts to do his assignment the right way.
I
> don't think Shel got any particular joy out critique comments, and have
> interacted with him long enough to know he was truly doing his assignment
of
> critiquing the best he knows - which is probably more than a lot of people
> could say about themselves.
>
> Cheers,
> Gerald
>
>
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