Brooks Institute of Photography Visual Journalism Speakers Program

California Central Coast

Nov 9, 2005 - Dec 7, 2005

These sessions are free (unless otherwise noted) and are open to all
interested parties. Please feel free to drop in and visit if you are
anywhere near the California central coast. The Ventura campus is only
60-minutes north of Los Angeles.

Please read carefully to see at which of several locations these
presentations will be made. Many are held off-campus. (See directions
below.)

Brooks Institute of Photography
Visual Journalism Speakers Program – November - December, 2005

Speaker #1 – Wednesday, November 9, 2005 – Holy Cross School Auditorium, 211 E. Main St., (Ventura Mission), Ventura, CA --- 8 pm

Special Event: Professional Magazine Photography Around the World
Two photographers from the Olympus Visionaries program

by special arrangement with Olympus:

Jeffrey Aaronson combines photojournalism for TIME, LIFE, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, New York Times, and Vanity Fair and the world of
fine art with shows in New York, Zurich, Geneva and Berlin.

Jay Dickman has done 20 assignments for National Geographic and has worked on many of the “Day In The Life” book projects. He won a Pulitzer Prize while working in the Dallas newspaper world.

Speaker #2 – Wednesday, November 30, 2005 – Holy Cross School Auditorium, 211 E. Main St., (Ventura Mission), Ventura, CA --- 8 pm

The Grand Experiment: Combining Print and Video Journalism
John Vande Wege leads the Los Angeles Times multimedia storytelling effort.
The aim is to produce video, audio and great photography. He will show
compelling storytelling from Africa, China, Hollywood, Skid Row and the Sierra Nevadas.

Speaker #3 – Wednesday, December 7, 2005 – Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451
Foothill Road, Ventura, Ca --- 8 pm

In the Driver’s Seat: When Reporters and Photographers OWN the paper

Tracie Cone and Anna Marie dos Remedios started out as reporter and
photographer respectively. They became staffers at the San Jose Mercury News — and the left — to start their OWN newspapers company in the San Francisco Bay Area. What is it like when newsroom graduates take over?

Holy Cross School – at the Ventura Mission – downtown Ventura, 211 E. Main
St.
>From the north (Santa Barbara) — Take 101 south, exit Main Street. Turn
right off off-ramp. The mission is on left past Ventura Ave.

>From the south (LA) — Take 101 north, exit at California Street. Turn right
on California at end of off-ramp. Go straight through Thompson and turn left
at Main Street. The mission is on right about four blocks ahead.

If from Main Street you go to Palm, turn on to Palm toward the small hot dog
stand. Then at the first alley, turn left and park on the right hand lot
near the Holy Cross School auditorium. The auditorium itself is the large
building up the hill on the right.

>From Brooks Ventura campus — Take 33 South, take the Main Street exit. Go right off the exit ramp. Go left on Main Street. The mission on left past
Ventura Ave.

Poinsettia Pavilion - 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, Ca
>From the North – From the Santa Barbara area take Highway 101 to the Seaward Avenue exit, turn left on E. Harbor Blvd, turn left on So. Seaward, and
travel about one mile. At Poli St (to the left) and Foothill Road (to the
right) turn right and follow Foothill Road for approximately one mile. Turn
left at 3451 Foothill Road up the hill into the parking lot of the
Poinsettia Pavilion.
            
From the South – From Los Angeles take Highway 101 to the Seaward Ave. exit, turn right on Seaward and travel about one mile. At Poli St (to the left) and Foothill Road (to the right) turn right and follow Foothill Road for approximately one mile. Turn left at 3451 Foothill Road up the hill into the parking lot of the Poinsettia Pavilion.

For further information: Jim McNay
805-585-8037
E-mail: jim.mcnay@brooks.edu