The Digital Journalist Special December 2009

Special December 2009 - January 2010, Issue 146

Make a Donation Afghanistan: One War -- Two Photographers
Commentary NEW Just Keep Flying As we begin a new decade, few of us will miss these past ten years. For those in journalism, it was quite simply a disaster! more>> by Dirck Halstead Dispatches: Notes from the field - Supported by Canon Dispatches: Notes from the Field For December we have Lee Sinco's dispatch on his work in the Philippines and Indonesia, Ryan Pyle on the demolition of the old city in Kashgar by the Chinese government, and Paula Bronstein looks at the effects of war wounds on Afghan women. more>> by Marianne Fulton E-Bits E-Bits: Rumor of Our Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated In May 1897, Mark Twain wrote that his cousin James Ross Clemens "was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now." more>> by Beverly Spicer Photo Journalism The Story of the Platypus Over the past 10 years that we have been sponsoring the Platypus Workshops, I am always asked, "Why do you call a DV workshop the Platypus?" more >> by Dirck Halstead How Evolutions Become Revolutions When we teach our 37th Platypus Workshop in Las Vegas in April, we will be taking a major step in video journalism. For the past 10 years, Canon has been supporting these workshops and we always worked with the cutting edge of technology. more >> by Dirck Halstead Nuts & Bolts: It's Not Still or Movie; It's Camera Here's a hodgepodge of random thoughts about still photographers exploring the fact that their "still" cameras also take videos. more >> by Bill Pierce Tech Tips Q: I'm going to be photographing Yellowstone this February from a snow coach. more >> by Chuck Westfall We're Just Sayin': Ode to a Silver Friend In a time of so much uncertainty, it is a joy to know you have someone to rely on. And for me, that friend is one I became acquainted with in the first year of Richard Nixon's presidency. more >> by David Burnett A Reporter's Life: Attic News Cleaning up an attic where I store bits and pieces of my life, a place I haven't rummaged through in many years, I came across a big scrapbook, the size of a desk, full of my newspaper clippings from years ago. more >> by Eileen Douglas Common Cents: Cleaning Up It was late. On the top floor of the Acme Publishing building the editors of Modern Shoelace are brainstorming. more >> by Mark Loundy		Letter from the Publisher Welcome to the Special December 2009 - January 2010 issue of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism. Camera Corner Camera Corner: Enter the Nikon D3s Good News: I get a Nikon D3s to play with and write about. more >> by Chick Harrity Editorial Let's Abolish the Term 'Citizen Journalists' Let's talk about citizen journalists. more >> From Bad to Worse As we were closing this issue, two stories have come across the wire that underline how profoundly deep the crisis is today for journalism and photojournalists. more >> Commentary What It's Like To Be A Guest At A State Dinner On my Facebook I have been writing about the "crashing" of the recent White House state dinner for the Indian prime minister. A few people have asked me what it is like to attend one of these events as a guest. more >> by Dirck Halstead Citizen Journalism: A Recipe for Disaster There is something wrong in how some in journalism currently view the profession. Thousands of professional journalists are out of work. more >> by Ron Steinman Rest in Peace: Photojournalism Is Dead Photojournalism is dead. more >> by Dick Kraus Book Review Book Review: The Way It Was When I lived and worked for NBC News in London in the 1970s, The Sunday Times, along with strong black coffee, was part of my Sunday ritual, as my two sons ran and created youthful chaos through our large apartment on Upper Brook Street. more >> by Ron Steinman Announcements Announcing The New Platypus DSLR Video Journalism, Multimedia and Filmmaking Workshops for 2010 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. This year we are going DSLR with the cutting-edge Canon 7D. more >> Read What Platypus Grads Are Saying Twitter *Follow the Digital Journalist* on Twitter Blog The Digital Journalist Image Galleries Blog more >> Local Media in a Postmodern World The Order of the Web** Order is the essential ingredient in a modernist culture, where hierarchical authority is the skeleton around which everything is built. more >> by Terry Heaton