BUFFALO, N.Y. (Dec. 16, 2005) - In two cases that pit the National Geographic Society against a number of freelance photographers, the United States Supreme Court this week refused to grant a petition for certiorari (appeal).

ATLANTA, GA. (Dec. 1, 2005) - Michael A. W. Evans, a noted newspaper, magazine, President's photographer, early developer of software systems for cataloging photography collections and picture agency ZUMA Press' first CTO and father of their original database, died peacefully Dec. 1, 2005, while surrounded by his family at his home in Atlanta.

In the early morning hours of December 1, 2005, Michael Evans died.

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

You are about to read the story of two different men, both journalists.

This was a difficult and troubling year for the broadcasting industry, as a confluence of challenging but predictable disruptions continued to eat away at the industry's value propositions.

Get A Date.

With the rapid proliferation of news outlets and the expanding cohort of bloggers and other journalistic do-it-yourselfers making their marks online, mainstream reporters and photographers are clearly facing a crisis of identity.

Some of the most meaningful and most important images of my career as a photojournalist were made this past year.

Another holiday season has passed and I wax nostalgic thinking about the many holidays that I endured over my 42 year career with Newsday.

"Chirp, Chirp. Chirp." Those damned electronic cricket noises used to eat holes in what was left of my brain.

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