The Digital Journalist
Issue 78
April 2004
 
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Welcome by Dirck Halstead
Welcome to the April 2004 issue of The Digital Journalist, the monthly online magazine for visual journalism.
Editorial: The Case of the Missing Limb
I don't know how many times we have to ask newspapers "what part of not manipulating photographs don't you understand?"
Commentary: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim in an Online Auction
Last month, I got suckered.
by Dirck Halstead
DISPATCHES
Notes from the field
DISPATCHES: JEROME DELAY and SHERRLYN BORKGREN FROM BAGHDAD
PHOTO JOURNALISM
Shock Treatment
It seems that powerful images often have a way of repeating themselves over time.
by Peter Howe
Respect don't live here anymore
A photographer said he felt "limited" because the publisher, managing editor and copy editors don't understand photography and photojournalism.
by Paul Guillory
Common Cents
Education may boil down to who knows what first.
by Mark Loundy
Stories you Might have Missed
In case you were busy with getting on with your life this past month, here are a number of items that might have passed you by.
by Ron Steinman



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CAMERA CORNER
Camera Corner: The Leica Digilux 2
Dirck's favorite new camera introduced at the recent PMA trade show in Las Vegas was the Leitz Digilux 2
by Bill Pierce
Camera Corner: The HP7960 Printer - HP Gets It Right
All I ever asked of a digital printer was to print what was on my screen. It seemed like a fairly simple request.
by PF Bentley
SPECIAL REPORT
New York Times Contract Tells Another Sad Tale
Early last month, The New York Times sent a letter and a new work-for-hire contract to photographers listed in its database of freelancers.
by Greg Smith
VIDEO JOURNALISM
TV News in a Postmodern World: The Future Is Multimedia
Much to the dismay of friends and advisors, I was always much more the grasshopper than the ant when I was young.
by Terry L. Heaton
Get Real(istic)!
A good friend of mine was at the American Film Institute a few years ago taking part in their director's program and invited me out to Los Angeles to do the stills on the film that was to be his final project...
by James Colburn
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