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. ...

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......

toffs and toughs (or how photos only tell part of the story).

If you do one thing today, read this article. It's utterly fascinating....

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......

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......

‘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. ...

Stop section 43…or the horse gets it, and so do you….

If you are a photographer, amateur, professional, whatever... you MUST pay attention to this...blog about it, tweet it, shout it from the rooftops,......

‘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......

STOP SECTION 43…or else, this:.

Stop Section 43 of the DEB act being passed You'll have heard of the Digital Economy Bill: it introduces powers to cut your Internet connection if you're caught illegally downloading films, music or software. It......

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......

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......

‘toon...

Found this here, dunno who drew it, but it's good: It's probably us....

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......

Streetfighters – Ciara Leeming.

Is anyone else getting a buzz about Ciara Leemings project to document the many families in the North losing their homes to compulsory purchase? Sometimes it needs to happen to regenerate areas, although......

Pet Cemetery.

By Stan Banos Now given the Blurb treatment. More here. ...

Please Caption Me.

This is  a little experiment.  No prizes for getting this right. When you look at this picture what do you see?  Where was it taken? What's the caption? Comments appreciated. (to be continued) ...