Dispatches: Notes from the field - Supported by Canon

• Dispatches: Notes from the Field
  For August we have three dispatches: Adam Dean on the Uighurs in China; Lisa Wiltse about her work at Double H Ranch, a camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, and David Bathgate continues to send timely dispatches from Afghanistan. more>>
  by Marianne Fulton

E-Bits

• E-Bits: Finding Henri
  But, wait a minute. Henri Cartier-Bresson is deceased, right? Not on Facebook. So, how can a dead person live on Facebook? It's the same way that the Catholic Church keeps the mysterious inspirational force of a saint alive. more>>
  by Beverly Spicer

Photo Journalism

• We're Just Sayin'
  There are myriad stories these days about the death of photojournalism and I must say that having lived through a couple of those death periods already, I'm not quite sure where this one fits in. more >>
  by David Burnett

• Nuts & Bolts
  The first time I shot a Broadway show's photo call, someone from the publicist's office said, "I don't know who the photographer is, but I think the assistant is W. Eugene Smith." more >>
  by Bill Pierce

• Tech Tips
  Q: Many a sports photographer switched to Canon [in the 1990s) because at that time their AF lenses were considered fastest. more >>
  by Chuck Westfall

• Common Cents: Hitting the Streets
  When the economy was humming along, fat and sassy staff photographers took the occasional low-rate freelance gig to pick up extra cash. Now, with Pulitzer Prize winners hitting the pavement, staffers are not quite so sassy and no job in U.S. newspapers is remotely safe. more >>
  by Mark Loundy

• The Reporter's Life: What's In a Name
  Time was when you started out in broadcast journalism, if you had an ethnic -- read, not WASP -- name, you changed it. more >>
  by Eileen Douglas

• PR Bootcamp for Photogs: If You Want to Work, Network
  One of the first things I do when I begin working with new clients is to create a media list, and assign them to create their "Big Mouth" Lists. more >>
  by Cathy Saypol

Letter from the Publisher

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

Editorial

• It's Time to Build the Bloody Wall
  It's one minute to midnight for journalism in the United States. more >>

Camera Corner

• Camera Corner: Olympus E-P1 Review
  The Austin, Texas, Bergstrom Airport TSA officer walked toward me with focused intent in his eyes and I wondered about possible laws I may have unknowingly broken. His first spoken words were exact. more >>
  by Eli Reed

Essays

• Revisiting the Death of Photojournalism, Part II: THE WIRES
  In last month's issue of The Digital Journalist, we took a look at the state of photojournalism as we near the end of the first decade of the 21st century. more >>
  by Dirck Halstead

• Aggregators: To Be or Not to Be
  Yes, I realize news aggregators offer a real service but I also see them, through no fault of their own, as a real danger. So also does The Associated Press, but for different reasons. more >>
  by Ron Steinman

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Local Media in a Postmodern World

• Is the Mainstream Winning?
  In the "Marketing Warfare" world of Ries and Trout, there is a "rule" that the market leader can crush the efforts of all others, if it is paying attention and chooses to do so. So powerful is this concept that, in a period of challenge, market observers will point to the leader and simply say, "Just wait." more >>
  by Terry Heaton

Assignment Sheet

• Through a Lens Dimly:
  The Phantom Artist
  I have spoken about the camaraderie in the Newsday Photo Department on many occasions; the most recent being last month's story about "Cliffy And The Widow Brown." more>>
  by Dick Kraus