Day two was spent traveling around Brooklyn and Manhattan to visit with Blue Chalk Media, Bloomberg Businessweek and Magnum Foundation.
The day was started in Dumbo to meet with Blue Chalk Media a service that produces video work. Pam Huling (COO) started off with a brief introduction about herself and Blue Chalk Media, which then transitioned into a long session of videos that Blue Chalk Media has produced. We were shown the differences in product placement. Some videos had very obvious product placement like the Subaru ad about wind surfing. There was a video about a family that traveled around the world, and the mother passed away from breast cancer. The family was then given free housing by Holiday Inn. In this video there wasn't much to do with Holiday Inn, but there was a bit of product placement. After watching a few of the videos that have been produced we moved into questions. We asked about their internship program and learned that it's a very competitive position to get.
After meeting with Blue Chalk Media we had the opportunity to meet with Bloomberg Businessweek. We were welcomed by Clinton Cargill (Director of Photography in the photo department,) who then brought us up to a conference room. In that conference room, Clinton talked a lot about photo stories and breaking them down to their most simple forms. We then had two photo editors come in Ariel and Caroline who talked about the most recent issue and what it took to make it all come together. Largely what they talked about was having to be creative to get things done. After they had talked the we got to hear a bit about the Bloomberg Pursuits magazine that was just recently revamped.
Our final destination was the Magnum Foundation which was presented by Alexis Lambrou (RIT Alumni.) Alexis ran through what the Magnum Foundation is about and what their goal as an organization is about. The first thing she talked about was the emergency fund, which is funding for a story that is being under covered. There were a few stories that Alexis showed us that are under covered one being a very snowy tundra. After seeing a few photographers works the conversation transitioned into grants, and work.
Day two was very successful with the three companies that we stopped in at.