Sometimes, journalism is expensive

(Reuters) – Two photojournalists — Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tim Hetherington and Getty photographer Chris Hondros — were killed on Wednesday after coming under fire in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata. I saw “Restrepo” a couple of months ago. A powerful piece of documentary about war. Sometimes, watching the TV news talkers or seeing the keyboard … Continue reading →

Canon SLR and an RC helicopter: cool video, news potential

My colleague Brian Poulter shared this video with me, and I’m passing it along for any enterprising young video-savvy photojournalists who might find inspiration for some cool storytelling. Helicam with Canon T2i/550D over Whitefish from Jeff Scholl on Vimeo. Testing out a T2i with 14mm lens at 720 60P. Rendered with 2.35 bars and 24 … Continue reading →

NYT: War photojournalism in Iraq

(Photo from Department of Defense) Sunday’s New York Times featured an interesting article about combat photojournalism and the lengths to which the U.S. military may be going to sculpt the view of the war back home: 4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images. There’s also a slideshow of images of casualties of … Continue reading →