Today was our last day in the city. We spent the morning going to the White House photo department and then to Reuters.
At Reuters we met with Larry Downing and Jason Reed. The two of them have been working together on multimedia pieces for the past couple of years. They talked to us about these projects and how helpful it is to be working with another person. By working together, Jason and Larry are able to do much more than they would do by themselves. In working together, however, they explained that the photographers ego has to go. For them it's "our work" never "my work." If someone asks who took a specific photo, a video clip, or audio clip used in their pieces most of the time the answer is "I don't know" because they work so much as a team that the individual makers of each segment doesn't matter. After showing us their work and explaining how they do it, Larry and Jason told us that in order to be successful and keep yourself relevant in the industry you have to be flexible. You have to be able to learn multimedia and writing and any other direction that the industry might go in in the future.
Unfortunately today marked the end of an amazing week. The biggest takeaways from the week are to always be networking and staying in touch with the people you meet, get better at writing, and always be shooting. Now time to catch a train back to Philly for the weekend.
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