10 per cent more applicants

This year we have received 213 applications for the Danish BA-programme. This is 10 per cent more than last year and the highest number of applicants ever. Within the next month we’ll conduct the application process and finally select the 16 students for the new classes of photojournalism. Good luck »

Fighting poverty

Europa-huset, which is the European Union’s information office in Copenhagen, exhibits photos until April 16. The theme of the exhibition is fighting poverty. Current and former students are represented at the exhibition. The current students are Cathrine Ertmann, Mette Frandsen, Tobias Selnæs Markussen, Michael Bothager and Nikolai Linares. »

Four students at the Lumix Festival

The Lumix Festival has announced the list with the 60 selected photographers who will exhibit at the festival this June in Hannover. On the list there’s four students from DSMJ: – Lene Münch, who was an international student in the year 2009, is represented with her diploma project from this »

New Canon cameras

Great assistance from Canon Aps and Goecker has made it possible for us to invest in new Canon Equipment. We have decided to buy eight Canon D7 cameras + one Canon D5 camera including lenses. The equipment makes it possible for us to update our online workshops using the HD »

Lecture with Marcus Bleasdale

Marcus Bleasdale, who will be teaching at the Advanced Visual Story Telling class next week, has agreed on giving a lecture while he’s visiting the school. The lecture will be held Monday the 22nd of March at 3pm in room 100. All students of photojournalism are welcome. »

POYi-winner Marcus Bleasdale is comming

In February Marcus Bleasdale won Best Photography Book of the year 2010 at POYi for his book “Rape of a Nation” about DR Congo. Marcus was also awarded a third prize in the category Freelance/agency photographer of the Year. Next week Marcus Bleasdale will be at the Danish School of »

Danish POY-winners teach at DSMJ

Last week the winners of the Danish POY was announced and already this week a couple of the prize winning photographers are teaching at the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DSMJ). Mads Nissen from Berlingske Tidende was the big winner at the Danish POY this year – He was »

International student awarded at Swedish POY

Anna Wahlgren who in the autumn 2009 studyed at the international photojournalism programme, Advanced Visual Story Telling, was last week awarded two prizes at the Swedish POY 2010. Anna Wahlgren won a second pirze in the portrait series category and she a third prize in the category Slideshows (Bildspel in »

Five students awarded at Danish POY

Today the results of the Danish Picture of the Year 2009 was announced at an award ceremony at Den Sorte Diamant in Copenhagen. Five students were among the winners: – Rasmus Flindt Pedersen, who i currently at internship at Ekstra Bladet, won the first Prize in the category Portraits. – »

School open to visitors

Thursday the 4th of March from 5 pm to 9 pm the Danish School of Media and Journalism will open it’s doors to future students. In the Department for Photojournalism you can hear a short lecture about our education, meet the teachers and students and see some of their work »

Articles about the 67th POYi

Søren Pagter, the head of the Department of Photojournalism, has written three articles based on his experiences with the judging of the 67th POYi in Colimbia, Missouri. The articles are published online at the website of the Danish Press Photographers association. Søren Pagter writes about the use or misuse of »

Søren Pagter judging POYi Live

Søren Pagter, the head of the Department for Photojournalism, is judging Picture of the Year International this week. The POYi is the oldest photo competition in the world and one of the most prestigious. The judging takes place in Columbia, Missouri, USA. Søren will be judging in the categories covering Documentary »

Getting started

The new classes have started and are working on their first assignments. The international students and the Danish 2. semester students have been shooting stories in and around Århus.They returned with photos from a variety of places; boarding schools, a postal office, bakeries and a bingo hall to name a »

Face the climate

Former Students, Anders Birch and Steven Achiam presented their project “www.facetheclimate.org” on climate changes to current danish and international students at the Danish School of Media and Journalism. »