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Photojournalism in the New Media Economy

Success will depend on ‘seeing oneself as a publisher of content and a participant in a distributed story, the form of which helps reshape the content of the story.’

A Story Rooted in a Community Gives Voice to Its People

Ali Ahmed Ali was among a community of Yemeni sailors who lived in a boarding house in South Shields, Great Britain, between trips at sea. Photo by Peter Fryer.RELATED ARTICLE“Photojournalism…

Looking Beneath the Surface of Stories in Iraq, Iowa and Rwanda

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…

Journey to a New Beginning

As the doors of established media slam shut, a photojournalist knocks on new ones to find the promise of more authenticity in his storytelling and greater control over his work.

Multimedia Adds New Dimensions to the Art of Storytelling

RELATED ARTICLE“Journey to a New Beginning”– Ed KashiFrom a book to a Web site, from a series of photographs to a digital flipbook, my work—and that of many of my…

Failing to Harness the Web’s Visual Promise

Today, too many news organizations still don’t take advantage of digital media’s capacity to give readers contextual information and to engage them in finding out more about the story the…
Slideshows in Visual Journalism

Slideshows in Visual Journalism

The photographs of more than a dozen contributors to the Spring 2010 issue have been compiled into slideshows and presented online for Nieman Reports readers.
The Still Photograph: Embedding Images in Our Mind

The Still Photograph: Embedding Images in Our Mind

With his large-scale images, Edward Burtynsky seeks to ‘bring viewers to that point where they begin to grapple with their own consciousness about being in that space.’

A Different Approach to Storytelling

‘… photographs require context to tell a more complete narrative. The best thing for photojournalists to do is to slow down, become a little more engaged, and spend a little…
The Untold Story of Mexican Migration

The Untold Story of Mexican Migration

RELATED ARTICLE “Carving New Pathways with Photojournalism Students” – Josh MeltzerTo see more of Meltzer’s work, visit his Web site.My Fulbright project in Mexico centered on migration within the country.…