EDITOR'S NOTE:

"Dispatches" this month covers a variety of subjects. Photographers write of their experiences working the red carpet on Broadway, following up a story on meth addicts, tracking a Japanese whaling boat and going into a notorious Salvadoran prison.

The race against and endurance of time plays a significant part in each dispatch. (Photographer Jim Balog once said that endurance is an unspoken aspect of the craft.) Besides time, all of the photojournalists compete with their ideal self, often putting themselves in harm's way to get the story.

After preparing for the assignment, they wait. They must be ready at a moment's notice or miss the chance to achieve the goal.

These are all the typical circumstances of photojournalism and they are well captured in the following dispatches.

Marianne Fulton
Dispatches Editor
mfulton@dvnetwork.net

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