Jesse Boily

Photojournalist. Opinions expressed are my own.

[HSBC SVNS @SVNSSeries]

History made! 🍁

An all-time performance from Canada 🤯

#Paris2024 | #RugbySevens

[Alberta Wildfire @AlbertaWildfire]

GWF029 is an out of control wildfire located 13 km northwest of Valhalla Centre. Crews from the County of Grande Prairie and Alberta Wildfire are responding to this 90ha fire. visit https://t.co/HfyNQ4cNxd for more info

[Jesse Boily @Jesse_Boily]

Timelapse of smoke from the Teepee Creek fire.

[Jesse Boily @Jesse_Boily]

County of Grande Prairie has declared a local state of emergency. As it fights wildfires in two areas. The county issued an evacuation order around 8:50 p.m. to residents near the Hamlet of Teepee Creek, Alta. #gpab #wildfire

[Amber Bracken @photobracken]

To my journo friends, on World Press Freedom day, especially the one's like me working from relative safety in Canada.

I am angry at the state of journalism, and I am angry at the forces standing against us, but I am also angry at our lack of collective fight.

[UPoC - United Photojournalists of Canada @PhotojsUnited]

A good example why pubs should limit use of handout pics. Too many CAN pubs use HO photos too frequently, with big risks. Harming trust in them and Journalism as a whole. Serious Journalism means hiring trusted photojournalists and experienced photo editors.

[Star Wars @starwars]

Carl Weathers, forever a member of the Lucasfilm family, died Thursday. He was 76.

https://t.co/GwVdZ37dpq

[Amber Bracken @photobracken]

Roy Cardinal hasn’t been released yet, he’s expected out tonight but I just watched city workers tear down his teepee. Edmonton is under extreme cold warning, it’s -26, feels like -32.

[Amber Bracken @photobracken]

I just spoke with Brandi, EPS have arrested and charged her and are threatening to keep her for 24 hours. Instead of picking up her daughter, she’s waiting to find out if she will have to sleep in jail. #JournalismIsNotACrime

[The Tyee @TheTyee]

Alberta owns a new record.

The province is home to an abandoned gas well that leaks methane, an explosive #GreenhouseGas, into the atmosphere at the highest rate ever recorded in North America.

Andrew Nikiforuk reports.

https://t.co/bn4RylIe3u

[Jesse Boily @Jesse_Boily]

Ugh another one. I’m happy to work at a little community newspaper but also have a gut feeling it could happen at any moment.

[Jesse Boily @Jesse_Boily]

So can we just give @dave_filoni full control of @starwars from this point on? #Ahsoka

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

This is John Lyke, who has a very cool niche.

He went to film school and was a pro rollerblader & snowboarder.

This venn diagram of skills makes him an expert “blade camera operator”, a job that involves filming with a $100k camera while on roller blades.

You may have caught his footage in HBO’s fictional re-telling of the 1980s LA Lakers (“Winning Time”).

The basketball scenes are lightly co-ordinated and — to keep the action as real as possible — the players just go hard for 10-15 plays in a row and they take the best footage to edit.

End result is 💯.

[Canadian Association of Journalists @caj]

Residents & officials across NWT can't access reliable news about wildfires on Facebook, esp. as evacuation efforts get underway.

This is unacceptable.

We urge Meta to reverse its decision to prevent Canadians from viewing news on Facebook/Instagram.
https://t.co/ucri4jFQAi

[Jesse Boily @Jesse_Boily]

@DonovanEckstrom As a former Winnipeger. You definitely have Winnipeg vibes.

[UPoC - United Photojournalists of Canada @PhotojsUnited]

The misuse of AI is so harmful to public trust.

[UPoC - United Photojournalists of Canada @PhotojsUnited]

🧵Critical reporting via @FawcettAtkinson - one of best ways 🔥 & 🚨agencies can combat mis- & disinfo is let pro journalists have access. Yet in Canada, they often contribute to info vacuums by barring press. The public can’t understand what it can’t see https://t.co/71A1XxmV6B

[Jesse Boily @Jesse_Boily]

@j_nmiller 100 per cent

[UPoC - United Photojournalists of Canada @PhotojsUnited]

It’s almost as though having dedicated editors to ensure journalistic principals are applied to the photos is actually a mission-critical role for news outlets

We could call them “photo editors”

Just a thought…