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How photojournalists cover Capitol Hill

I found it interesting that there is almost double the amount of photographers on the Hill now as there was a decade ago.  You would think in a day of journalism cutbacks, photo-ops could be outsourced to the wire services.  It would be interested to see who are the agencies on the Hill that have [...]

What to bring to Egypt

Stephen Farrell of the New York Times talks about what he did and didn’t bring to Egypt.

Covering the revolution in Egypt

Also from the New York Times Photographers of the increasingly violent upheaval in Egypt are being forced — in the interest of personal safety — to adopt practices that limit their range of coverage at exactly the moment the world is hungriest for as many images from as many perspectives as possible. According to interviews [...]

The right tool to tell a story

The New York Times on using the iPhone to tell a story in a war zone. “Composing with the iPhone is more casual and less deliberate,” Mr. Winter said. “And the soldiers often take photos of each other with their phones, so they were more comfortable than if I had my regular camera.” Mr. Winter [...]