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i can maybe top this story.. |
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05/01/2005 |
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This middle manager may be an idiot---but really he's only half an idiot for telling you these things. I shot for nearly a decade, won my share of awards and moved on to management.
As a former photog, I'm embarrassed when I hear photographers talk about "my video" or "my story" or "my way." You have every right to develop a style which works for you---but you are a paid employee (with benefits) who works for a news organization, not an art gallery. Individual creativity and expression are important hallmarks of your trade, but it is still a business.
You and this 'manager' need to have MORE communications, not fewer. He needs to thoroughly explain his "bigger picture" rationales about "WHY" he wants you to adjust your shooting style and YOU need to explain your rationales for NOT wanting to change. He may or may not have a logical explanation for his request. If he does have one, you should take it under advisement. If he does not, then you should appeal to a higher source.
Ignoring a request from a manager serves no one. Politely challenge this person to a wider discussion---perhaps an open forum---on the subject. Likely, both of you will learn something. Shutting him out completely suggests you are neither open nor creative.
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i once got a very negative job performance review.. (and later became trhe first in a series of reporters who got whacked at the shop- one per week for 7 straight weeks)..)
because.. and i STILL find this impossible to believe.."your stories have too many facts in them"..HUH??????
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