Brendiver's Worldtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16304142010-07-17T11:07:16+01:00Photojournalism, Travel and Scuba Diving - Insights, Opinions, Insider Knowledge TypePadPhotojournalism Workshop - this is how it wenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e188340134857df663970c2010-07-17T11:07:16+01:002010-07-17T11:07:16+01:00Last Thursday (15th July) 15 budding photojournalists took part in one of my workshops, this time a bit closer to home (previous workshops have been run in the Philippines, Florida and London) in Timperley, Manchester. A big thank you to...Brendan O'BrienKarli's Story - A good start with Lonely Planet and plans for DIVER magazinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e1883401348560892d970c2010-07-12T15:06:29+01:002010-07-12T15:06:29+01:00Scroll down and you'll see how I have been focusing on Lonely Planet and DIVER magazine as one of the routes to getting published. Lonely Planet actively encourage readers to send in their photographs for the 'Postcards' section and submit...Brendan O'BrienKarli's Story - Making progress with her blog, getting published in Campr and being let downtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e18834013485606b43970c2010-07-12T14:40:30+01:002010-07-12T14:40:30+01:00Regular readers will be aware of Karli's (this site's very own budding photojournalist) dream to become a regular contributor for diving, travel and adventure related magazines. One of the ways Karli is improving her writing skills is through her blog,...Brendan O'BrienLonely Planet magazine - Do you know what Peter Grunert's (the editor) editorial agenda is?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e1883401348381b565970c2010-06-08T09:01:09+01:002010-06-08T09:06:00+01:00If you were hoping to get published in Lonely Planet magazine you should have no excuse for not knowing what Peter Grunert's editorial agenda is. Before pitching to any magazine you should do as much research as you can to...Brendan O'BrienGetting Published in... Lonely Planet magazine - what Peter Grunert, the editor, believes is importanttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e188340133f03ddae8970b2010-06-07T09:43:30+01:002010-06-07T09:43:30+01:00A few weeks ago I signed up to the BBC Insiders service as I thought this would be a good way of finding out what different magazine's editorial teams believed was important. Well, the invites to take part in the...Brendan O'BrienInterview with an editor - Getting published in diving magazines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e18834013482c93e85970c2010-06-04T06:42:00+01:002010-06-04T06:42:00+01:00And here's the third and final interview with the editor of one of the UK's leading diving magazines (with a few comments about what he thinks of the workshops I ran back then): "I’ve got plenty of people I can...Brendan O'BrienInterview with an editor - Getting published in diving magazines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e188340133ef9ce298970b2010-06-02T06:38:19+01:002010-06-02T06:38:19+01:00A couple of years ago I wrote up some notes from interviews I conducted with the editors of the UK's leading diving magazines. What I can't believe is how I only got round to publishing one of the interviews on...Brendan O'BrienKarli's Story - Working out her own publisher / contributor guidelines for Lonely Planet magazinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e18834013482886919970c2010-05-31T08:05:41+01:002010-05-31T08:05:41+01:00You might remember the 'assignment' I set Karli, Brendiver's World's aspiring photojournalist? I believe Lonely Planet magazine might just be the opportunity to get published Karli is looking for, but instead of me writing about this, Karli took a look...Brendan O'BrienReal Travel magazine - the survey is the contributor guidelines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e1883401348283567c970c2010-05-30T05:59:15+01:002010-05-30T05:59:15+01:00In the recent edition of Real Travel magazine there was an invite for readers to participate in a survey with each respondent being entered into a draw for a holiday to India. I found this to be an interesting opportunity...Brendan O'BrienLosing a press trip or losing family time? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5520001e188340133eee500fb970b2010-05-27T08:34:21+01:002010-05-27T08:34:21+01:00I've just had to turn down a press trip to somewhere warm and very sunny. The reason? It's my daughters two year old party slap bang in the middle of the week. I have to admit, the thought of going...Brendan O'Brien