The Globe Photojournalism Summit

Join us for drinks and a bite, and meet the summit participants. Please ask security staff to grant you access to The Globe and Mail Foundation on the third floor.

Coffee and breakfast with remarks by The Globe and Mail Foundation.

Pat Kane is an award-winning visual storyteller and writer based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, on the traditional land of the Yellowknife Denes First Nation. He will be leading a conversation with documentary photographers Alex Jacobs-Blum, a Gayogo̱hó:nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and independent curator living in Hamilton, Ontario; Kyler Zeleny, Prairies-based documentary photographer, and Michèle Pearson Clarke, an artist, writer and educator, and the second Photo Laureate for City of Toronto.

They will discuss the nuances, challenges, and importance of documenting your own community—from your hometown to your chosen family.

Showcasing the work of three photographers.

Lunch featuring a product sampling with Collective Arts.

Showcasing the work of three photographers.

Angela Misri is a Toronto-based journalist and novelist who has held extensive roles in Canadian media including CBC and The Walrus. She will be leading a conversation with Ronit Novak, a creative leader with 20+ years shaping editorial at publications including Maclean’s and Toronto Life, and founder of THE GRAIN, and Liam Maloney, award-winning documentary photographer, artist and filmmaker based in Toronto whose work examines the intersection of technology and intimacy in contemporary conflict zones.

Together, they will discuss the pitfalls and potential applications of artificial intelligence in the newsroom and its implications on public perception of truth and visual journalism.

Showcasing the work of three photographers.

Coffee, tea, and snacks.

Understanding the impact of covering trauma and protecting psychological health is an integral part of being a photojournalist. What research and experience can tell us about our unique challenges - and how better to support ourselves, our colleagues, and those we cover.

Michelle Shephard (moderator) is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, author and podcast host/producer who has covered issues of terrorism and civil rights since the 9/11 attacks. Dr. Anthony Feinstein is professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a renowned researcher on the psychological health of journalists worldwide (including landmark studies on vicarious trauma, moral injury and moral courage, online harassment and, most recently, on the mental health toll of covering climate change). Ian Willms is an award-winning Canadian freelance photojournalist whose multi-year documentary projects include detailed narratives on Indigenous sovereignty, ecological destruction, untold genocides, and the psychological toll of the pandemic era.

Showcasing the work of three photographers.

Closing remarks for day one.

Evening social gathering at Collective Arts bar.

Coffee and beakfast.

This workshop will help photojournalists how to think about safety while working in the current unprecedented threat environment. Today photographers are dealing with an “everywhere frontline” where hostile environments can be in any city and space in the world in both physical and/or digital forms. This session will be a combination of presentation and brief exercises which have been developed from firsthand experience and case studies related to war, civil unrest, digital security along with daily physical and mental health routines. The session includes lessons for photographers and photo editors in developing strategies, a safety philosophy and coverage plan to maximize visual reporting safely.

Instructor

Photographer and filmmaker Louie Palu (Instagram, Facebook) will lead the workshop based on his over 35-years of experience. He has worked both as a freelance and staff photographer at The Globe and Mail on hundreds of assignments including covering the wars in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Mexican drug war. He is currently focused on a 10-year-long project in the Arctic partnered with Bloomberg Opinion. Based in Washington DC he also covers the U.S. government and was in the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 insurrection. His work has been published in National Geographic, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic. He holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Aimed at photographers who want to step out into other areas of journalism with their stories: pitching and reporting written features to editors. While many freelancers now report from home; photojournalists have all the advantages that come from witnessing a story on site. This workshop will help you pitch and write competitive features to accompany your images.

This will be a short workshop with a Q+A on how to pitch a story to an editor, the criteria of a good pitch, and how you think about framing a short story or pitch. How to tell that story, for best chances of success.

Instructor

Robert Steiner is Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto and Director of the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact. The fellowship is the first journalism program designed specifically to teach journalism to outstanding subject-matter specialists. He also teaches political advocacy and communications to graduate students in public health and is affiliated with the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Bioethics, where he leads a project to trial new trust-building strategies in WHO member states. Professor Steiner began his career as a global finance correspondent for The Wall Street Journal with postings in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo, where he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won two Overseas Press Club awards and the Inter-American Press Association Award.

This workshop takes you through the fundamentals of working with a newspaper photo team, brought to you from the Globe’s photo desk, from how to pitch ideas, assigning process, and editing, to our code of conduct and how we select your final work for publishing. Participants will receive insiders’ tips on best practises that will help you navigate editorial work with any publication. Questions during the workshop are welcome and encouraged. This workshop will also feature Taehoon Kim, Fred Lum and Laura Proctor.

Instructor

Randy Velocci is a Photo Editor at The Globe and Mail. For more than two decades at the newspaper, he has been assigning and editing photography assignments from around the world. Stories include news, sports, lifestyle, business and a variety of other topics and issues. His years of experience in editing and working directly with documentary photographers position him well to mentor and advise early- and mid-career practitioners on working with newsrooms for the best chance of success.

Artbooks provides tax preparation for self-employed artists and entrepreneurs. They specialize in a mindful approach that seeks to empower our clients, de-stigmatize taxes and offer a practical solution for people across Canada’s arts and culture industries. This session is designed to offer tips and best practices to help you get the most out of tax season.

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Bring your portfolio or a story idea/s. Think of this as a “speed mentoring” session. You will have a 10-minute one-on-one timeslot with a story or photo editor, who will provide some feedback on your current portfolio, and guidance on the best chances of success in publishing. Featuring editors from Toronto Star, The Local, Reuters, Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, and others.

Lunch break.

A panel of editors from mid-sized to major media orgs answer questions from the group on assignment best practices, the job market, and any question you might have for a newsroom photo desk.

With Rod Frketich from Canadian Press, Chris Helgren from Reuters, Merle Robillard, Taras Slawnych from The Toronto Star, and Liz Sullivan from The Globe.

Louie Palu, Alexa Mazzarello, Jalani Morgan, and Johnny Lam discuss strategies, from teaching to commercial work to the art market, for diversifying income as a freelance photojournalist as a means of sustaining a long-term career in this industry. This discussion will be moderated by Chloë Ellingson, Visuals Editor at The Local.

Closing remarks and afternoon social to wrap up the summit.