Dispatches: Notes from the field - Supported by Canon

• Dispatches: Notes from the Field
  For February Dispatches presents four pieces concerning the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza. The dispatches present different views by photographers Jim Hollander, Ilan Mizrahi, Ahmad Khateib and Stefania Mizara. more>>
  by Marianne Fulton

E-Bits

• E-Bits: Photo Junkies, Yes, We Are!
  Elsewhere in this issue, you will see much about the Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama on the front steps of the nation's Capitol on January 20th. Our editor/publisher Dirck Halstead nearly froze his toes off in D.C. while those of us who didn't go put our feet up and watched the ceremony from our homes. more>>
  by Beverly Spicer

Commentary

• The Speech
  After almost two years of relentless campaigning, on January 20th Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. more >>
  by Ron Steinman

• Barack: I Knew You When
  I knew this day would come. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is President of the United States. more >>
  by Eileen Douglas

Photo Journalism

• Tech Tips
  I have a question about the way exposure works with the newer EOS cameras in the Live View mode. more >>
  by Chuck Westfall

• Common Cents:
  FREEEE
  Sometimes a pundit is so blatantly provocative that they can't be taken seriously. more >>
  by Mark Loundy

Letter from the Publisher

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

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 >>

Local Media in a Postmodern World

• The Great Beginning
  "Some of the worst things in my life never happened" is the lament of those whose imagination often leads to the elevation of life's molehills into mountains. more >>
  by Terry Heaton

Assignment Sheet

• Through a Lens Dimly:
  Inauguration Day
  Around this time of year my fingers get numb and they begin to ache. I mean really ache.. It's probably just a sympathetic reaction to the memory of how cold it gets in the nation's capitol in January, around Inauguration Day. more>>
  by Dick Kraus