Words louder than pictures.

In 2009, more than twice as many soldiers died by their own hands than were killed by the enemy in Iraq. ...

TB Day, BBC slideshow.

The devastation caused by TB is a rarely told story. For many people in the developed world TB is a disease consigned......

In Praise Of The Audio Slideshow – Kevin Marsh, BBC College of Journalism.

Before I joined the BBC the one news programme that I would always try and catch was the World at One on BBC Radio 4.  It had in Nick Clarke the best news......

To pay or not to pay?.

Great post by Jack Picone, full post published here, My personal approach in photographing in socially sensitive situations is to shoot candid moments first (because I am well practiced people often don’t know......

Why Not Images of Haiti – By Haitians?.

'There is a decades-old criticism of the "outsider," most often journalists from developed nations, arriving in underdeveloped nations to tell the story of "insiders." Whether HIV/AIDS in sub–Saharan Africa, conflict in the Middle East,......

Mishoka’s Story.

(3rd Place, Feature Audio Slideshow, Best of Photojournalism 2010) Congratulations to all the other winners. This video......

A nice surprise – NPPA best 2010….

The duck have been lucky enough to pick up a prize in the news audio slideshow category of the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2010 awards. The slideshow is really only a taster for the full......

‘For many, the local newspaper isn’t dying – it’s already dead’.

For African Americans, Native Americans, Asian, Latino… or gays… or under 25… or female… they know that their communities have been, and continue to be, routinely left out of their newspaper. They typically make......

‘Get the message across’.

Ron Haviv: In today's world of fragmented media it is imperative that we as photographers multi-platform our projects in order to reach as many people as possible. It simply is not enough for our......

My talk at Digital Storytelling 10.

It's a bit rambling because I abandoned the script. No bad thing cause the script was crap. Thanks to the good people at the BBC College of Journalism for filming and streaming the talk. ...

Too Graphic?.

Valérie Payen-Jean Baptiste, a Haitian elementary school principal who lost every possession, her home and school, and nearly her family in the quake, was sickened by the images. "I'm tired of it; the photos......

‘Nice photos but time to go beyond that.’.

The consistently engaging New York Times Lens blog is running a series of James Nachtwey's photos of people suffering from TB. No-one should doubt Nachtwey's unflinching commitment to the dark end of this......

The Future of journalism?.

'I would strongly urge that mainstream media involve others, including those at universities, in coming up with these new strategies. It is young people who are going to invent their own versions of journalism......

Why Context Matters.

Answers to the following questions will not be found here or here: Who are these villagers? What are their lives like? How do they know how to strip an elephant? What use is made of its......

How photography lies.

even when it's telling the truth? Essential reading. ...

Paul Nicklen on the Niemen Storyboard.

'I’ve just won my fifth World Press Photo award—I’m going to Amsterdam soon to pick it up. And I’m going to be really vocal to the entire audience about this: it’s a tragedy that......

Charles Moore (rip): I fight with my camera (watch this, please).

Charles Moore is the legendary Montgomery photojournalist whose coverage of the Civil Rights era produced some of the most famous shots in the world (the dogs and......

Charles Moore on the BBC.

Check it out. Important stuff. 'The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I......