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Journalist deaths in modern conflict About 63 journalists were killed during the Vietnam War, but that was over a 20-year period. Almost 50 were killed during the four years of conflict in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Either way you cut it, more journalists have been killed with much more speed during the current war. Reporters Without Borders released a report earlier this summer showing that, as far as journalist "casualties" go, the ongoing war in Iraq has surpassed Vietnam in death toll. At the time of the report, 56 journalists and media assistants had been killed, and 29 had been kidnapped. To date, the number stands at 67 in just over two years of fighting in the Middle East. A recent Guardian Unlimited article--while just a tiny bit sensational and editorialized--is a very good read, and one definitely gets a sense of the concern a lot of media outlets have in continuing their coverage of the war in Iraq, and keeping their people safe.
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DBCC's SMP... Who Knew Rumor has it that there are some good things and great photographers coming to the Daytona Beach Community College's Southeast Museum of Photography. Magnum photographer Alex Webb will be there on September 21. There will be a meet and greet from 5:30 - 7 p.m. (in Building 100), then Webb will talk from 7 - 8 p.m. (in the UCF Lecture Hall at the DBCC Campus, Building 150, Room 101). October 12, VII photographer Ron Haviv will be exhibiting and talking about his work on "Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal." And November 16, Burk Uzzle is proving that "Seeing is Believing."
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VII + you After an incredibly popular and highly regarded first attempt (in Boston this past April), the second VII Seminar will take place October 15-16, 2005 in New York City. In addition to new photographer presentations and panel discussions, they are beefing up the break-out sessions to include more practical subject matter (i.e. "Digital Workflow" and "Personal Projects", "Magazine Assignments" and "Fine Art") -- not to mention, they're adding portfolio reviews (only 25 are available). The VII program will cost $175 for professionals/$75 for students. And yes, there are portfolio reviews, but I hear they come at $100 a pop.
Trying to Find My Photograph by Jim Gherz "To stay motivated and to maintain the highest level of work I can, I have learned to search as deeply as possible on each assignment to find "my photograph," an approach I adopted after listening to a gifted National Geographic photographer speak many years ago," NPPA Best Of Photojournalism 2005 Newspaper Photographer of the Year Jim Gehrz said in an article for the August edition of The Digital Journalist entitled Trying to Find My Photograph.
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