The Digital Journalist December 2004 Issue Contents

PHOTOJOURNALISM

December Dispatches: Notes from the Field
EMBEDDED IN FALLUJAH, KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ, BURIED IN RAMALLAH

Cartier-Bresson's Decisive Moment

"I was never interested in photography," says the godfather of photojournalism. "It's instant drawing, that's all."

by David Friend

What's Happening at Rooters?

In the good old days it was easy to find out what the shakers and movers in London's Fleet Street were planning to out-scoop the opposition.

by Horst Faas

The Puzzling Case of Brian Storm

When Brian Storm arrived at Corbis in the summer of 2002, the privately-held picture agency owned by Bill Gates was floundering.

by Dirck Halstead

Common Cents

...specializing in a single medium may limit your future.

by Mark Loundy

Nuts & Bolts

Street photography has always been the province of small and less attention-grabbing cameras.

by Bill Pierce

Thanks for the Memories

2004 was not a great year from my point of view.

by Peter Howe

A Letter From Central America: Color Outside The Straight Lines

I've often wondered why Americans accept mediocrity so easily.

by James Colburn

Assignment Sheet

Journals by Sean Cayton and Dick Kraus

E-Bits
It seems the presidential election had three phases this year.

by Beverly Spicer

CAMERA CORNER SPECIAL REPORT

Photokina, Part II: Photokina Masterpieces

Photokina comes around every two years and for a week Cologne becomes the world's most important meeting place for all those interested in camera and photographic novelties.

by Horst Faas

PUBLISHER'S LETTER

Letter from the Publisher

Welcome to the December 2004 issue of the Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism.

by Dirck Halstead

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VIDEOJOURNALISM

TV News in a Postmodern World: Beyond Portal Websites

The first time I ever heard the word "portal" was in the early Star Trek episode.

by Terry Heaton

Announcing the 2005 Platypus Workshop
February 26-March 6, 2005, Brooks Institute of Photography, Ventura, CA

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE IN IRAQ: Kevin Sites

Open Letter to Devil Dogs of the 3.1

Since the shooting in the Fallujah mosque, I've been haunted that I have not been able to tell you directly what I saw or explain the process by which the world came to see it as well.

by Kevin Sites

Journalism Ethics in Wartime

Kevin Sites had no intention of igniting an international firestorm when he videotaped a U. S. Marine shooting a wounded Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque last month. But that is precisely what his release of these incendiary images has done.

by Karen Slattery and Erik Ugland

Caught in the Act

Caught in the act - usually a fearsome happening for most people - is, for a journalist, something we live for, if the result reveals the unexpected, and makes news.

by Ron Steinman