Visual Journalism
Photojournalism is changing, propelled by newsroom budget cuts, multimedia possibilities, and the ubiquity of digital images. In Visual Journalism, photojournalists write about emerging digital business strategies and their efforts to expand the reach of their photographs online and on gallery walls. They also share ideas about how to fund projects of personal passion and societal value. Their words tell vital stories about how they do their work; slideshows of their photographs—exclusive to our Web site—and multimedia presentations convey their visual stories. Read and watch as the future of photojournalism unfolds.
Providing storytelling and context for photographs is a major motivation for MediaStorm’s multimedia projects, such as the three that founder Brian Storm discusses in the conversation.
“The Marlboro Marine” by Luis Sinco. This Los Angeles Times photojournalist’s image of Marine Lance Corporal James Blake Miller became an icon of the Iraq War. “The Marlboro Marine” tells the story of how Miller tries to heal the scars of war and how two lives became connected by a photograph.
“Driftless: Stories from Iowa” by Danny Wilcox Frazier. As the economies of rural communities across America fail, abandonment is becoming commonplace. “Driftless” explores a Midwest that resides in shadows, a people quietly enduring America’s new economic reality.
“Intended Consequences” by Jonathan Torgovnik. An estimated 20,000 children were born from rapes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. “Intended Consequences” chronicles the lives of these women. Their narratives are embodied in photographs, interviews and oral reflections about the daily challenges they face today.
