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......

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......

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,......

Compassion fatigue? Prof David Campbell.

Professor David Campbell debunks the idea of 'compassion fatigue' at the Third Frame conference two weeks ago in London. For me this was the most interesting presentation in a day of great talks,......

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. ...

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,......

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......

Jazz Loft – W Eugene Smith.

From 1957 to 1965, legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith made approximately 4,000 hours of recordings on 1,741 reel-to-reel tapes and nearly 40,000 photographs in a......

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......

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......