My set

I'm going to admit that the flickr project was actually a lot of fun.  I was initially pretty hesitant to embrace the project, and the idea of spending thirty minutes out in the cold, but it turned out pretty well. The idea of using something like Flickr as a photojournalism tool had never occurred to me, but after seeing strange applications of so many simple tools I'm starting to look at things a little differently.

Our group decided to head down to Kirkwood and try and capture the state of flux it always seems to be in. We took some pictures of the current construction going on, like the luxury apartments, and dug up some old pictures of previous projects to show that Kirkwood is a constantly morphing sort of place. But, for me, the fact that I went out and experienced the tool hands-on was only part of what made the project make so much sense. Rebecca's article on collaborative photojournalism resounded particularly loudly for me.

Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson has been at the center of a major story in the college basketball world for, supposedly, making impermissible phone calls while on probation for a similar offense at Oklahoma. While the major news media has focused on what action IU as a university will take, places like flickr allow students and fans to express their opinion. It's because of applications like flickr and the development of concepts like collaborative photojournalism that students can express themselves whenever they please, rather
than whenever the newspaper asks for their opinion or prints one of their letters.