Pictures are worth 1,000 words – in the newspaper business that equals about 25 inches of print. One image or sound can summarize an event or person or motivate a nation; one image can upset people more than endless pages of print on the subject. Carolynne Burkholder on the ethics of photojournalism. More»
The creators of urban space magazine Wallpaper* decided to let readers custom-design the cover of their issues. The result: hundreds of different covers, one issue... More»
As the war in Afghanistan drags on, Canadians have seen a lot of photos depicting violence and soldiers through the lens of international photojournalists. But what about Afghanistan as seen through Afghan eyes? Enter the Canadian Embassy and the editor-in-chief of Kabul Weekly, who co-created a photojournalism course in Kabul. One of the teachers, Ahmad Zia Kechkenni, writes about the class and shows off some student work.
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An editorial cartoon depicting a U.S. congressional candidate Nick Popaditch, who wears an eyepatch because of a battle wound, has caused trouble for a local California paper... More»
Some journalists that were arrested while covering the G20 summit in
Toronto claim that police wiped their cameras clean of images and
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Covering the G20 Summit this weekend? Photography blog Ambient Light and This Magazine have provided a list of legal rights to help keep you -- and your camera -- out of trouble... More»
In a panel discussion at the Canadian Science Writers’ Association conference, a group of scientists show off the latest accomplishments in visual communication, from dinosaurs that build themselves to augmented reality to a digital orgasm...
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An image by Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo has picked up the World
Press Photo of the Year Award for 2009. The photo is of a woman
shouting in protest from a rooftop in Tehran following Iran's
presidential elections in June, 2009. The winning image...More»
Since the 2001 attack on the World Trade
Center in New York City western, First World, democratic nations that
normally believe in rights and freedoms for its citizens and media have
slipped in a "War on Photographers" along with the highly marketed War
on Terror.
The United States and Great Britain have numerous documented cases of overzealous police...More»
During six months in Iran covering the 1979 hostage crisis, photojournalist Peter Bregg was blindfolded and kidnapped, had his office ransacked, lost photos, had equipment confiscated and continued to transmit photos daily to The Canadian Press. More»
"Is Stephen Harper going too far in trying to control his image?" asks The Globe and Mail. "The Prime Minister's Office is sending out a steady stream of publicity photos in the hope they will be used in newspapers and blogs across the country. But photojournalists believe Harper's handlers are going too far..."
The Canadian Journalism Foundation and The Canadian Press have launched
a new photojournalism award in memory of award-winning photojournalist Tom Hanson. The Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award offers a six-week paid internship at The Canadian Press head
office in Toronto for a photojournalist in the early stages of his or
her career. The award is open to...More»
A lot of thought and art goes into a great magazine cover.
First, there is the concept or idea you wish to communicate, then the decision
on photography or illustration and the construction of the visual metaphor that
tells the story
A well crafted photograph must have visual impact sufficient
stand out against the deluge of images we are bombarded with on a daily basis.
It must also be composed as to permit it to be the canvas upon which the
graphic artist or art director can add text, logos and additional artwork.
We’ve all seen the horribly cluttered and busy publication
covers where someone thought it would be a great idea to put EVERYTHING they
had on the cover. Oh, and you Digirati are not immune. A good looking website
is even harder to achieve and easier to make a mess of.
One magazine that has consistently produced well designed,
photographed and illustrated covers is the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business
magazine. For photographers and illustrators it’s a great experience to work
with art directors that treat your work well.
On the Globe and Mail website they have posted two
interesting galleries of cover images. The first is a collection of the ROB 25
Best Covers. For the second gallery, ROB asked some of Canada's best
designers to take a crack at this month’s cover with Design Our Cover. There
are 6 finalists. Be sure to read the comments on each. It will give you an art director’s
view of cover design. The pie chart PacMan as a visual metaphor is inspired for
a business story.
Straddling the line between journalism and art, "visual journalism" uses tools like photography, video, illustration and multimedia to deliver the story through images, as told by visually literate journalists. In this J-Topic we follow news and trends on the visual communication side of journalism.
The evolution of images in the news business is the story of technology. Yet, from wood cut blocks in the early Illustrated News to modern digital photography and video moved around the globe within seconds of being captured, The image is still about creating visual impact by putting the viewer on the scene...and that doesn't change.
Greg Locke is a photographer and journalist with over 20 years experience in the visual communication news media. He is a contributing editor to NLPress in St. John's, Nfld. and co-founder of Editorial Photographers Canada.
As the war in Afghanistan drags on, Canadians have seen a lot of photos depicting violence and soldiers through the lens of international photojournalists. But what about Afghanistan as seen through Afghan eyes? Enter the Canadian Embassy and the editor-in-chief of 
Last week The Economist admitted to 
Covering the G20 Summit this weekend? Photography blog 
In a panel discussion at the Canadian Science Writers’ Association conference, a group of scientists show off the latest accomplishments in visual communication, from dinosaurs that build themselves to augmented reality to a digital orgasm...
Since the 2001 attack on the World Trade
Center in New York City western, First World, democratic nations that
normally believe in rights and freedoms for its citizens and media have
slipped in a "War on Photographers" along with the highly marketed War
on Terror.
During six months in Iran covering the 1979 hostage crisis, photojournalist 
A lot of thought and art goes into a great magazine cover.
First, there is the concept or idea you wish to communicate, then the decision
on photography or illustration and the construction of the visual metaphor that
tells the story