The Digital Journalist March 2007 Issue Contents

A Picture is Really Worth a Thousand Words

Look at this photograph by Nina Berman. Look carefully. Pause. Think. Realize you are seeing something unique, something rare.

by Ron Steinman

Dispatches: Notes from the Field
In March we have two Dispatches from war zones. The first is from a conflict in southern Thailand by Will Baxter and the second a new look at Iraq by David Honl.

by Marianne Fulton

COMMENTARY

E-Bits: And Things Not Yet Invented
This month E-Bits editor Beverly Spicer takes on the phrasing in photo contracts that covers every possibility and "things not yet invented." Suggesting the importance of adaptability, she includes three photo galleries that definitely show thinking outside the box.

by Beverly Spicer

A Letter from New Orleans: A Song for the Kitchen, a Song for the Heart

I heard him again, just moments ago.

by Jim Gabour

The Fear Factor

I'm sure that the members of the present administration under the leadership of one of the most incurious presidents in history don't know this...

by Peter Howe

The Libby Trial – Another Country

Not exactly a Stalin show trial.

by Ron Steinman

PHOTO JOURNALISM

Tech Tips

You are invited to submit questions about photo equipment, imaging technology, or photo industry trends that may have a bearing on your work or interests.

by Chuck Westfall

Nuts & Bolts

Newspaper photographers tend to shoot in color and publish in black and white

by Bill Pierce

Common Cents: Warm and Cozy

Are you warm and cozy in a staff job taking bad-contract freelance jobs in your spare time for fun money? You may want to put on some financial long johns.

by Mark Loundy

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Letter from the Publisher

Welcome to the March 2007 issue of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism.

by Dirck Halstead

CAMERA CORNER

Nikon D80

Is it a pro-level camera? Does it have the "stuff" to make the grade? Good questions!

by Chick Harrity

"Moments in Time" Book Tour 2007

Presentations by Dirck Halstead.

VIDEO JOURNALISM

TV News in a Postmodern World: Right Brain Renaissance

What will history call the postmodern age, and what events will it judge as watershed on the road we now travel? The counterculture movement of the 60s? The fall of the Berlin Wall?

by Terry Heaton

BLOG

Democracy in France

Some of you may know that I'll be spending the next three months working on a (very) low budget documentary about the French Presidential elections. I'm going to be publishing a journal of my travels and travails in France.

by James Colburn

ASSIGNMENT SHEET

Through a Lens Dimly: Stormy Weather

It wasn't cold last week. There was no snow and ice. At least not aboard the cruise ship on which I was conducting my lectures.

by Dick Kraus

Unbound

I dreamed, a few nights ago, that I slid off the road while driving, crashing into a deep ditch. Much like the Fall, the accident itself happened too quickly for me to remember anything, but my body was in great pain

by Joyce Lin

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LAST CALL! Announcing the Advanced Platypus Workshop
March 9-March 11, 2007, Brooks Institute of Photography, Ventura, CA

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