Dispatches: Notes from the field

• Dispatches: Notes from the Field
  For February we have two stories about the death of Benazir Bhutto. The first, by John Moore, and the second by photographer Adam Dean. The third dispatch, by Spencer Platt.

Editoral

• The Perfect Storm Hits Newspapers
  It started as a disturbance in the infinite void of cyberspace. more>>

E-Bits

• E-Bits: The Two Tragedies….Not!
  In "Man and Superman," (1903) George Bernard Shaw named two tragedies in life: one is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. more>>

Photo Journalism

• Tech Tips
  I have a problem with a Mark III used with a 17-35 f2.8 and a 550EX flash in dark situations. more>>

• Common Cents: For Rent
  So they're grabbing your usage rights. Fees haven't gone up in a couple of decades. Oh, woe is me! more>>

• Nuts and Bolts
  With the introduction of the new Digital Journalist Web design, this is the Happy New Year of the DJ. So, I'm listing a few of my New Year's resolutions. more>>

Commentary

• After 63 Years, Death Photo of Famed WWII: Reporter Ernie Pyle Surfaces
  The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be asleep. more >>

• Expect the Moment / Show Me Now
  I hate to admit this. The day Benazir Bhutto was murdered, I realized it then. more >>

• A Letter from New Orleans:
  Jesus Pulls a Right Cross
  Lundi Gras – the Fat Monday before Fat Tuesday -- dawns dry and perfectly blue, though dampened by official predictions of storms and fluctuating temperatures on the Big Day. more >>

Letter from the Publisher

• Welcome to the February 2008 issue of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism.

Interview

• Digital Forensics: An Interview with Dr. Hany Farid
  Digital Forensics. Think of that phrase. It could be the title of a new TV crime show. more>>

Compression Session

• Compression Session
  It's a new year, a new look for The Digital Journalist and time for some cool new gear to talk about. Let's get to it. more>>

Remembrance

• Why We Needed Henry Froehlich
  The photographic realm has just lost two giants with the deaths of Popular Photography's Burt Keppler and, now, of Henry Froehlich, former head of medium-format mainstay Mamiya America. more >>

• Remembering Henry
  Henry Froehlich was a very close friend for the past 20 years and rarely did a week go by without us talking to each other. more >>

• Bernard 'Bernie' Boston, 74, Retired Los Angeles Times Photojournalist, Was An Icon
  Retired Los Angeles Times photojournalist Bernard "Bernie" Boston, 74, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and an NPPA Life Member, died today at his home in rural Virginia. more >>

Local Media in a Postmodern World

• 2008: Embracing the (Real) Web
  We got our first television set in 1952 when I was six years old. I had a kidney disease and was bedridden, so the new invention became my friend. Radio held me in its grip with super heroes and Western dramas, but TV made me smile. more>>

Assignment Sheet

• Through a Lens Dimly:
  Newsday Goes to the Party
  Lou stood before the assembled Photo Staff, late one afternoon. He was one of three ME's (Managing Editors) at Newsday and his domain was The Women's Pages, a feature section devoted to articles and stories of particular interest to our women readers. more>>