Dispatches: Notes from the field - Supported by Canon

• Dispatches: Notes from the Field
  We present a wide range of dispatches in April. Louie Palu writes one of the best descriptions of being under fire in Afghanistan. Luiz Maximiano went into Burma, and reports on a group of courageous individuals attempting to help their Burmese neighbors. Brian Harkin was in El Salvador to see the former rebel group FMLN win its first election in 16 years. In India, Danish photographers Klavs Bo Christensen and Carsten Snejbjerg covered the Holi Festival. more>>
  by Marianne Fulton

Video Journalism

• Building a Sandcastle . . . in Five Languages
  Video assignment: Profile a professional sandcastle builder. Yes, they exist. more >>
  by Jerry Lazar

• Institutional Videojournalism
  AARP Bulletin Today launched online in May 2008 as the daily-news counterpart to the AARP Bulletin, a monthly print newspaper sent to all 24 million AARP member households. more >>
  by Nicole Shea

• How to Build an Emmy-Winning Videojournalism Department
  On the surface, it might appear that the Detroit Free Press specializes in projects -- massive, time- and resource-consuming projects. more >>
  by Kathy Kieliszewski

• The KobreGuide Checklist & Mission Statement
  Here are the qualities we consider when selecting videojournalism for inclusion in KobreGuide.. more >>

• E-Mail From New Delhi
  Wow. Where to begin. Well, it's been just over two months now that I've been working as a freelancer after leaving my staff job as a visual journalist at the Los Angeles Times. So far it's been like the elevator business...it has its ups and downs. more >>
  by Brent Foster

• From TV News Shooter to One-Man-Band VJ
  When I am out on a story and I tell someone I'm from The New York Times, the immediate response is usually a certain respectful recognition. People know the name; they know it stands for good journalism. more >>
  by Erik Olsen

• Finding Your Character
  Find an interesting personality to drive your video stories. more >>
  by Kathy Strauss

• 10 Tips for Dramatically Improving Your Videojournalism Stories
  The problem with many videojournalism stories is that they are neither good video, good journalism, nor good stories. more >>
  by Ken Kobré & Jerry Lazar

Letter from the Publisher

• Welcome to the April 2009 issue of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism.

Editorial

• Surrender? No! Double Down!
  Most online publications paid lip service to "digital convergence" and "multimedia" (terms that have since lost all significance) by halfheartedly committing a small amount of resources and manpower to videojournalism over the past few years. more >>

Q & A

• Q & A: Lucy Nicholson
  Lucy Nicholson is the award-winning senior staff photographer for Reuters. She was born in London, is based in Los Angeles, and has also worked in Mexico City, Chile and Northern Ireland. more >>

Commentary

• The Future of Videojournalism
  At first, nobody quite knew what to call it, this new hybrid form of communications. It was a weird blend of TV news story, mini-documentary, narrated slideshow, and folksy home movie. more >>
  by Ken Kobré
  
  Technological Opportunities?
  by Jerry Lazar

Links

• 2009 W. Eugene Smith Grant. May 15 Deadline!
  The Fund was established in 1979 to seek out and encourage these independent voices. more >>
  smithfund.org

Blog

• The Digital Journalist Image Galleries Blog
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Announcements

• Announcing the New 2009 Platypus^TM Workshops
  These workshops are acknowledged as the gold standard of Digital Video training. We teach high definition digital shooting and editing, with an emphasis on story telling. It is unique in the industry. more >>