Winning the Pulitzer almost ruined Dallas Kinney's life?
When Dallas Kinney won the Pulitzer Prize at The Palm Beach Post on May 4, 1970 for exposing the trials of African-American migrant farmers in the Glades, it was the beginning of the end of his career.... Read the full article to find out more
Is Photojournalism Dead?
How is photojournalism doing?
Born in the 1930's, come of age in the 1950's and 60's, and pronounced near dead in the 1970's and virtually buried by the closing of magazines/rise of the internet--you have to wonder how it is that some aspects of this wonderful world are still around. Read the full article for more.
CA judge says warrant for journalist's photos was illegal
June 22nd - A judge has ruled that University of California police illegally obtained photographs from a journalist covering a campus protest. Photojournalist David Morse was covering the demonstration for the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center, known as Indybay, when he was arrested by campus police who obtained a search warrant to view his photos.
---the reporter's committee for freedom of the press
Full Story at: www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11454
Media volunteers needed for 2012 Olympics
Journalists and photographers keen to sample life at the Olympics are being urged to try volunteering.
The London Organising Committee is keen to hear from anyone with a media background who would like to help organise the news operations at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games. For more details view the full article.
LA Council Approves $450,000 to Settle 'May Day' Media Claims
June 9 -The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved legal payouts totaling $450,000 to five journalists caught up in a confrontation at a MacArthur Park May Day demonstration in 2007 during which police fired rubber bullets and swung batons at a crowd. -- Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times
Full story at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-may-day-me...
Is Reuters hiding Peace activists' weapons?
It sure seems like they are. The blog Little Green Footballs has found two separate examples of Reuters cropping out weapons, blood, and even bodies. It was also found that the AP published one of the photos uncropped, raising yet another eyebrow as to why Reuters would be cropping these weapons out. View the first photo here and the second photo here.
British Library digitizing 40 million newspapers
LONDON — The British Library said Wednesday it was digitizing up to 40 million pages of newspapers, including fragile dailies dating back three and a half centuries.
Once digitized, the British newspapers documenting local, regional and national life spanning to the 1700s will be fully searchable and accessible online, the national library said. Read the full article here.
