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Agent Orange: Pressing the Government to Take Responsibility

Agent Orange: Pressing the Government to Take Responsibility

Words and photographs by Wendy Watriss.
Pakistan: A Freelancer as Photographer

Pakistan: A Freelancer as Photographer

RELATED ARTICLE“Photojournalists reach viewers in different ways” – Iason AthanasiadisWhen I went to Pakistan in 2007, the country was embroiled in a huge constitutional crisis. In one day of violence…
Crossing the Line: From Still to Video—to Both at the Same Time

Crossing the Line: From Still to Video—to Both at the Same Time

Words and photographs by Julie Jacobson.

Steps Learned Along the Way: Redefining Photojournalism’s Power

‘Even in the best of times, even when highly recognized within the field itself, our images are only tools, not an end in themselves.’

Tugging Meaning Out of Trauma

‘The journalists, by telling the survivors’ stories, are a witness to the witness and they bring that story to the larger society.’

The Important History News Organizations Have to Tell

By creating archives of company records ‘we can learn how the paper developed and organized itself, how editors and reporters approached stories, and how community leaders and ordinary citizens responded…

It Matters Who Tells the Story in the Middle East

‘The deliberate or unconscious dehumanization of Arabs is also reflected in the way they are portrayed on television. … selective images confirm the stereotype that Arabs are inherently violent.’

Winter 2009: Introduction

Reporting in the aftermath of tragedy and violence, journalists discover what happens when people survive crippling moments of horror. Pushing past what is formulaic and numbing, they find ways to…

Approaching Emotional Pain—As a Journalist

‘Routinely we witness the awful things that people do to each other and the most enduring awfulness of all, the aftermath.’

The Iraqi Shoe-Thrower: When Endangered Journalists Need Help

 ‘I wonder how different things would have turned out if I could have found help for al-Zaidi. If assistance came sooner for his possible post-traumatic stress, maybe the shoe-throwing incident…