Dispatches: Notes from the field - Supported by Canon

• Dispatches: Notes from the Field
  For September we have three dispatches: Derek Henry Flood on the recent elections and disputed results in Afghanistan; Jean Chung writes of the terrible price paid by raped women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ryan Pyle considers the access problems in China during the 60th anniversary celebration on Oct. 1, 2009. more>>
  by Marianne Fulton

E-Bits

• E-Bits: The Lens Cap Comes Off
  In the midst of this era of chronic anxiety about media complacency and dire warnings of the death of newspapers and professional journalism, a firestorm broke out the first week of September when The Associated Press published a graphic image of an injured, dying U.S. Marine caught in an ambush in Afghanistan. more>>
  by Beverly Spicer

Photo Journalism

• Ethics: Telling the Whole Story
  Marine Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard's tour of duty in Afghanistan ended abruptly on Aug. 14. more >>
  by Karen Slattery and Mark Doremus

• Tech Tips
  Q: I'm interested in a technical explanation of one particular feature of constant aperture zoom lenses, e.g., EF 70-200/2.8L. more >>
  by Chuck Westfall

• Common Cents: Fear
  Fear is what stops many photographers from exercising prudent business practices. Fear limits your success. more >>
  by Mark Loundy

• A Reporter's Life: Hanging Out
  I love the stories reporters tell. Sitting around talking to each other. more >>
  by Eileen Douglas

• Nuts & Bolts: Do As the Dodos Do Do Do ...
  As DSLRs produce better and better results with higher and higher ISOs, flash, high-speed lenses and tripods are going the way of the dodo. Too bad .… more >>
  by Bill Pierce

Letter from the Publisher

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

Editorial

• How to Start to Save Photojournalism
  In recent issues of The Digital Journalist we have been looking at the crisis in journalism in general, but photojournalism in particular. more >>

Links

• Eddie Adams' Archive Donated To University Of Texas Briscoe Center
  AUSTIN, TX (September 18, 2009) – On the eve of the fifth anniversary of his death, the extensive photographic archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Eddie Adams has been donated by his widow, Alyssa Adams, to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. more >>

Photographer's Journal

• Journal entries of AP photographer embedded with U.S. Marines in Afghanistan
  The operation started really early Wednesday morning on this town called Dahaneh. more >>
  by Julie Jacobson

Commentary

• In the Pursuit of Happiness
  I, like many of you, am having a hard time trying to figure a way to save printed news. I pay close attention to everything in the debate over whether to charge, not to charge and how to charge for news content. It is the major issue facing newspapers as they try to survive. more >>
  by Ron Steinman

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Local Media in a Postmodern World

• The Web's Widening Stream
  Media companies attempting to reinvent themselves in the face of disruptive innovations must feel like they're playing cards with a 5-year old who keeps changing the rules to avoid losing. more >>
  by Terry Heaton

Assignment Sheet

• Through a Lens Dimly:
  Thoughts on a Hot Summer Night
  There was no Spring this year in the Northeast. more>>
  by Dick Kraus