Features

Music Lessons Inform Photojournalism’s Future

‘The record business died as the digital music business was born. Photojournalism finds itself at a similar juncture now.’

What Crisis?

‘It’s not about finding new ways to do old things, but time to radically rethink our business models by redefining our products, our partners, and our clients.’

Too Many Similar Images, Too Much Left Unexplored

In May 2009, Stephen Mayes spoke at the World Press Photo awards ceremony in Amsterdam. He had served as secretary of the jury for the awards from 2004 to 2009,…

Preparing the Next Generation of Photojournalists

Exposure, a photojournalism, documentary studies, and human rights program, ‘prepares students for immersive experiences and guides them in their efforts to document through photography what they observe.’

Carving New Pathways With Photojournalism Students

‘I ask myself what I should be teaching my students. How can I prepare them so they can find good jobs? Figuring this out is my daily challenge.’

Taking Time to Rethink, Adjust and Move Forward

‘Today, how we divide our time and do our work and get paid for it has virtually no connection to how things worked for those who started out a decade…

‘Destiny’s Children’: A Legacy of War and Gangs

The recent launch of the Web site “Destiny’s Children” ends one phase of a two-decade project on youth gangs while it begins another.

Photojournalists Reach Viewers in Different Ways

Using emerging funding strategies and finding fresh venues to display their work, photographers bring foreign news reporting to new audiences.

Pushing Past Technology to Reach Enduring Issues

‘I want my students to be engaged not just about making a product … they’ll submit to the College Photographer of the Year contest—but in thinking critically about the process…

Newspaper Employee to Nonprofit Director: A Photojournalist’s Journey

The idea behind Wéyo ‘was to capitalize on our collective years of journalism experience and turn our narrative storytelling abilities toward work with nonprofits.’