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The December 2011 special issue of News Photographer magazine is the annual Best Of Photojournalism edition. This issue includes portfolios from the Photojournalists of the Year: Damon Winter, a photojournalist for The New York Times, winner of the Larger Markets title, whose winning entry included two essays from Haiti and an embedded tour of duty with U.S. troops in Afghanistan; and Michael Holahan, of The Augusta Chronicle in Georgia, winner of the Smaller Markets title. There's also a photographic essay from Justin Maxon who is the winner of Clif Edom's "New America Award" for his essay about the residents of public housing units in Chester, PA, who are struggling for survival, and a selection of portfolio images by Cameron Spencer of Getty Images, who is the Sports Photojournalist of the Year. These features and more in the December 2011 special issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The November 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on Ed Reinke, of the Associated Press, a tribute by Heather Graulich that remembers the late photojournalist as both a mentor and a friend. Also in this issue, Pulitzer Prize-winner Stanley J. Forman on the state of television news photography today and how, in his words, "The Best Aftermath Wins"; a feature on the Eddie Adams Barnstorm Workshop's 24th year; American University multimedia students are studying for a semester in Havana, Cuba, with professor Bill Gentile; Ricardo Garcia Vilanova's take on Libyan snipers' last stand; Ben Lowy's new book "Iraq | Perspectives"; and Steven Wolgast reviews a new series of FSA photography books. These stories and more in the November 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The October 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on Michael Holahan of The Augusta Chronicle, NPPA's Photojournalist of the Year (Smaller Markets) in the most recent Best Of Photojournalism Competition. Holahan has found a path to powerful, intimate, storytelling images – and the secret turns out to be "enthusiasm." Also in this issue, Tim Martin of The Day covers a police shootout after a man stole an ice truck from a liquor store parking lot, and Julie Moravchik reflects on being a journalist and a mother, which she says is harder than running a television newsroom. Also a recap of NPPA and Pace University's evening in Manhattan to recall those who covered 9/11, and a remembrance of Gracie Joles, 9, the daughter of photojournalists Liz Flores and David Joles, whose battle with cancer gained widespread attention when her story was documented by her parents' poignant photographs. These stories, and more, in the October 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The September 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features the cover story "A Chance In Hell" by Ross Taylor of The Virginian-Pilot. A decade after 9/11 took America into a war in Afghanistan's desert, Taylor has documented a NATO trauma hospital deep in the heart of Taliban country. Also in this issue, Matt Kryger of The Indianapolis Star captured the moment when a freak wind tumbled a concert stage onto the crowd at the Indiana State Fair. In other stories, Stephen Wolgast reviews Richard Sitler's new photography book about Peace Corps volunteers who are living and working in 22 countries in five continents; NPPA's Ethics Committee members write about "The Potter Box"; and Seth Gitner's column Multimedia Moments is about how he and the other judges overcame this year's challenges in the Best Of Photojournalism contest to find great storytelling and select the Best In Show winner. These and other stories in the September issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The August 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine commemorates the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 with a special cover story written by Richard Pyle, who was an Associated Press reporter and writer based in New York on that nearly incomprehensible day when the future of America, if not the world, changed in a matter of hours. "9/11: Memory And Beyond" is Pyle's reflection on the day the twin towers fell, and on what photographers did on that day. His story comes from the mind of a journalist who has been in the Army as a young man, who in Vietnam headed the Associated Press Saigon bureau as his team covered the war in southeast Asia, and who as an AP journalist for 49 years covered six wars and reported from 35 countries. He returned to Vietnam along with AP's Horst Faas as they coauthored the book "Lost Over Laos: A True Story of Tragedy, Mystery, and Friendship," and he's currently writing a book about the AP in Vietnam.

Also in this issue, Brian Peterson writes about "The Story Of A Lifetime," covering the Durst quadruplet sisters for 18 years, from their birth through childhood to their high school graduation this year. In another first-person tale, Mary F. Calvert – who is represented by ZUMA Press – writes about "The Road To Bhutan," when she followed a mysterious eMail's trails to the high mountaintops of Bhutan with some photojournalism students. Stephen Wolgast reviews Wyatt Gallery's new book "Tent Life: Haiti," and Clyde Mueller recounts meeting Amel Emric in Tuzla and how it led up to Emric being one of the online judges in this year's NPPA Best Of Photojournalism Still Photography contest. These stories, and much more, are in the August 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The June/July 201 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on this year's Pulitzer Prizes winners in photography, essays that document the victims of crime, violence, poverty, and disaster from Los Angeles to Haiti. Also in this issue, a look at how Joplin's photographers responded in the aftermath of a deadly tornado's destruction; Scott Jensen profiles the Best Of Photojournalism Television Stations of the Year; Tony Perry profiles Marine combat photographer Lance Cpl. Jorge Ortiz, who stepped on a mine in Afghanistan and is recovering in a VA Hospital in Palo Alto, where for him and other Marines failure is not an option; and Ken Kobré's "Deadline Every Second" documentary. These stories and much more in the June/July issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The May 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story about the swarm of deadly tornadoes that unleashed terror on the photojournalists and people of Alabama, and how they responded to the record-breaking series of killer storms. Also in this issue, television three-time Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year Darren Durlach has left broadcast TV news to shoot video for a Boston newspaper's Web site. Why would he do that? Author Bruce Young explains. And John C.P. Goheen, NPPA's only other three-time Crisp Award winner, writes about the man who inspired his highly-successful career, Art Donahue. Also in this issue, in the aftermath of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington getting killed in Misrata while covering the Libyan rebels' uprising the question is asked: has the search for "truth in pictures" become too costly? These stories, and more, in the May 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The April 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on Lynsey Addario, one of four New York Times journalists who went missing in Libya while covering the country's civil war and who risked capture and death to cover the rebels' uprising. Also in this issue, the life of photojournalism super star Brian Lanker is remembered by his friends and former coworkers. Mike Tharp tells a tale of his friend Lanker, who was one of the most talented stars of our ranks, along with remembrances by Rich Clarkson, who hired Lanker in Topeka, and Blaine Newnham, who brought Lanker to the Eugene Register-Guard. In other stories, Stephen Wolgast reviews Mario Tama's new book about New Orleans coming back following Hurricane Katrina; Bruce Young looks at how photographers covered Japan's earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster; and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock is the first five-time winner of the Military Photographer of the Year honor. These features, and much more, in the April 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The March 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on NPPA's Solo Video Journalist of the Year, Michelle Michael, of the Armed Forces Network Europe, written by Scott Jensen. Also in this issue, Michael O'Brien's new book "Hard Ground" is featured in a review by Stephen Wolgast; the photographs of Alexia Foundation grant winners Bharat Choudhary, Amanda Berg, and Bob Miller; photojournalist Bruce Chambers of the Orange County Register covers a community's tearful homecoming for the bodies of two Marines killed in Afghanistan; the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University is seeking photojournalism projects that deal with human sexuality; and Seth Gitner's Multimedia Moments column takes a look at Annie Griffiths and her new venture into storytelling in the nonprofit world. These features and more in the March 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

 

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The February 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on what photographers have to say about shooting spot news, and how they've seen it evolve over the years – including the impact the Internet has had on what they cover and how they publish spot news. Also in this issue, photojournalist Joao Silva continues to recover from his injuries suffered when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan while covering American troops, and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington he tries out his new prosthetic legs. Features include Henri Huet's new exhibit in Paris that honors his iconic Vietnam War photographs; Hall Anderson's new book that shows the daily life of Ketchikan, Alaska, over several decades of his coverage, as reviewed by Stephen Wolgast; and Seth Gitner's Multimedia Moments spotlights the work of Dai Sugano. These stories, and more, in the February 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The January 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by Bruce Thorson about visual journalism students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who traveled to Kazakhstan to witness and document the nation's culture clash. Also in this issue, John Goheen is making a special effort on 11.11.11 to make a new documentary about America's veterans; photojournalist Go Takayama tells the details of his trip to a Cambodian prison and subsequent release, thanks in big part to Facebook; Stephen Wolgast reviews Ken Light's new book "Witness In Our Time"; and visual journalism student Max Esposito pens a commentary about photojournalism's future. These stories, and much more, in the January 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The December 2010 special issue of News Photographer magazine is the annual Best Of Photojournalism edition. This issue includes portfolios from the Photojournalists of the Year: Emilio Morenatti, an Associated Press photojournalist now based in Barcelona, winner of the Larger Markets title; and Greg Kahn, of the Naples Daily News in Florida, winner of the Smaller Markets title. There's also a photo essay from Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times who is the winner of Clif Edom's "New America Award," and a selection of portfolio images by Quinn Rooney of Getty Images, who is the Sports Photojournalist of the Year for the second year in a row. These features and more in the December 2010 special issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The November 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story that asks many questions about why news photographers are drawn to cover war. Also in this issue, Stephen Wolgast pens a review of Don Hahn's documentary movie "Hand Held"; a feature by Bruce Young on The Wall Street Journal's new efforts to become a photographic newspaper; and Shawn Montano shares his six rules for video editing. These stories, and much, in the November 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The October 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by Mallory Benedict and Beth Suda about the 62nd Missouri Photographic Workshop and how the residents of small towns allow student journalists to tell their stories. Also in this issue, a look at what some of the photojournalists who worked at the Rocky Mountain News are doing today in the aftermath of the newspaper closing, by writer Heather Graulich; author Bruce Young writes about the photography projects that won Emmy Awards this year; and college professor and writer Stephen Wolgast takes a look at a new series of books coming from the Library of Congress about the FSA photographers and their collected images. These features and more in the October 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The September 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on Associated Press photojournalist Emilio Morenatti as he continues his comeback from wounds suffered during a bombing in Afghanistan, continuing his running for the sweetest of light. Also in this issue, Stephen Wolgast reviews Eugene Richards' new book War Is Personal, and there's a new military veterans' project coming from the Edom Foundation. Bruce Young takes a look at J. Bruce Baumann's new Posey Magazine, Denise McGill recounts the "Telling Their Stories" photo exhibit in New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina's fifth anniversary, and Dave Wertheimer tells the tale of The Danish Connection to visual storytelling. These features and more in the September 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The August 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by Scott Jensen on Dave Delozier, NPPA's first-ever Solo Video Journalist of the Year, who for more than two years now has been going it alone at KUSA-TV in Denver and has never looked back. Also in this issue, Stan Heist writes about three top TV news stations, each winners of Station of the Year honors in the Best Of Photojournalism competition. To carry on the theme of video journalism and solo video journalists, Tom Kennedy talks about what he discovered while researching backpack journalism as it's practiced today while helping American University in Washington design their new academic program.

Other stories include a surprise party and reunion in Eugene, Oregon, for Rich Clarkson; Part Two of "Unfair Use" by Chuck Gathard; Lisa Krantz's first-person account of the year she spent documenting a troubled high school threatened with closure in San Antonio; and book reviews of Claude Cookman's new "American Photojournalism" and "Movie Photos" by Alex Bailey. These stories, and more, in the August 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The July 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by Anne Medley about "Shooting For Truth: Teaching Multimedia In War-Torn Congo." In a country known for treating journalists with brutality, Medley realized that the cost of teaching her students to pursue the truth may someday be their lives. Also in this issue, Stephen Wolgast reviews Sydney Schanberg's new book "War Writings: Beyond The Killing Fields"; Part One of the series "Unfair Use" by Chuck Gathard; a feature story about "When Maisie Crow Met Tom Rose"; and the crazy career turns of television freelance photojournalist Thomas Hass. These and more in the July 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The June 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by NBC News anchor Ann Curry about the role empathy plays in photojournalism. A four-time Emmy Award winning journalist who is also an accomplished still photographer, Curry is recognized for her war and humanitarian reporting, including her coverage of the war in Darfur which has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced more than a million Sudanese.

Also in this issue, Stephen Wolgast reviews a new two-DVD set about Henri Cartier-Bresson that's filled with 11 movies, documentaries, interviews, and extra features about the great photojournalist; Bruce Young takes a look at the history of the White House Press Corps and how we got to where we are today, including the current strife between the still photographers and the Obama administration and the toll the economy has taken on covering what was at one time this country's premier assignment; Pam Smith writes about Ohio University's annual multimedia and Web project, "The Soul Of Athens," now in its fourth year; Seth Gitner's Multimedia Moments recaps NPPA's Multimedia Immersion Workshop, just completed at Syracuse University; and NPPA past president Bill Luster's reaction to winning this year's Joseph A. Sprague Award, the organization's highest honor. These features, and more, in the June 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The May 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story about the photographs and photographers who won the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes for Photography, Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post and Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register. And in a personal story of love and heartbreak, photojournalist Gary Cosby Jr. shares with readers "Reece's Journey: A grieving father's essay on the joys of life with a child with Down syndrome and finding hope after losing him." Also in this issue, Stephen Wolgast revisits the impeccable Gordon Parks' memoir "To Smile In Autumn"; Bruce Young pens an ethics commentary about Photoshop and the Emperor of China; Rich Clarkson tells about how his new NCAA Photos iPad App launched hours before the Final Four games; Seth Gitner's Multimedia Moments puts a spotlight on the Bombay Flying Club; and a feature story puts the focus on storytelling and some of the visual journalists who've found their careers elevated after taking part in NPPA's Advanced Storytelling Workshop. These features and much more in the May 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The April 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on WBFF-TV's Darren Durlach, a two-time Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year who's won NPPA's top TV honor two years in a row, written by another former winner of the prestigious honor, Stan Heist. Also in this issue, Diego James Robles writes a first-person account of what it's been like to land his first photojournalism job after college, getting involved in NPPA, and winning the White House News Photographers Association's Student Photographer of the Year title. Other stories include author Stephen Wolgast's review of the new book "The Contact Sheet," a look at the portfolio of Military Photographer of the Year Sgt. Mark Fayloga of the U.S. Marine Corps, and a recounting of this year's storm-rocked Northern Short Course. These features and much more in the April 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The March 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features some of the special moments captured in photographs during the 17 days of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games and comments from some of the photographers who were lucky enough to find the world's most talented amateur athletes in their viewfinders for two weeks in Canada. Also in this issue, Seth Gitner writes in his monthly feature Multimedia Moments about Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer John Kaplan's new film, "Not As I Pictured," a first-person account Kaplan made about his battle with cancer; NPPA members Louie Palu and Juliette Lynch won this year's Alexia Foundation grants for professionals and students; Indiana University journalism professor and National Geographic photographer Steve Raymer writes about Haiti's ongoing disaster and the ethics of student coverage; and Stephen Wolgast reviews two new books from NPPA members, Ben Garvin's "Ant Farm" and Joel Sartore's "Rare." These stories and much more in the March 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The February 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features the cover story "Haiti's Anguish." As photojournalists from around the world descended on Haiti following a devastating and deadly earthquake, where hundreds of thousands were killed and millions left homeless, the world saw through photographs the surreal extent of the destruction in a nation already pummeled by its history of bloody revolutions, abject poverty, and deadly hurricanes.

Also in this issue, photojournalist Leif Skoogfors shares his story about living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for a second time; Stephen Wolgast reviews Steve McCurry's new book "The Unguarded Moment"; and television news director Julie Moravchick, who has started two news operations from scratch, asks "How did this happen again?" in her first person account "A (Not) Working Mom." These and other features in the February 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The January 2010 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on NPPA's NewsVideo Workshop, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this March when it convenes in Norman, OK. One of the organization's long-standing and most successful annual education events, the NewsVideo Workshop continues to draw participants from around the globe as more and more visual journalists tackle the process of learning how to become great video storytellers.

Also in this issue, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Stanley J. Forman remembers one of those shots that was nearly missed, thanks to a malfunctioning motor drive, and shares with readers a contact sheet of his roll of Tri-X that captured the face of racism in Boston in 1976. In other features, Brian McDermott explores photojournalism's new frontier, where mobile phones, laptops, and the upcoming "tablet" devices are developing new audiences for photography; Sally Morrow Gomez shares with readers an inside view of how immigration is depicted to American newspaper readers; author Stephen Wolgast reviews John Bartelstone's new book "When History Won't Fade Away"; and photojournalist and author and professor Ken Kobré writing about photojournalism under fire asks, "But has it been killed yet?" These features and more in this issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The December 2009 special issue of News Photographer magazine is the annual Best Of Photojournalism edition. This edition includes portfolios from the Photojournalists of the Year: Walter Astrada, a freelancer based in Uganda, winner of the larger markets title; and James Gregg of the Arizona Daily Star, winner of the smaller markets title. There’s also a photo essay from Carl Kiilsgaard of Western Kentucky University, winner of Cliff Edom’s “New America Award," and another by Quinn Rooney of Getty Images, the Sports Photojournalist of the Year. These features and more in the December 2009 special issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The November 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on photojournalist Lynsey Addario, an NPPA member who has won a very prestigious honor indeed, a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius award." Writer Bruce Young takes a look at Addario's career, and what she's doing today in Afghanistan, continuing her work as one of fewer than 10 photographers to ever receive the MacArthur grant.

Also in this issue, writer Robert Brandon looks at KUSA-TV in Denver who, despite the economy and some radical changes in the way they've done business in the past, decided to roll up their sleeves and to "still care" deeply about the quality of their work, an attitude that certainly helped them win NPPA's Station of the Year (Large Markets) honor again (for the 11th time) in the Best Of Photojournalism competition. In "Dover Revisited," Bruce Young ask why, after the 18-year photo ban was lifted, the media turned out in full force to witness the initial "dignified transfer of remains" but then, over time, their attention faded until now, on most days, a lone AP photographer witnesses the unloading of flag-drapped shipping caskets. And in September, some photographers in Pittsburgh were treated to mace in the face as police cracked down on G-20 economic summit protesters. These stories, plus a look at four new books, are featured in the November issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The October 2009 issue of News Photographer features a cover story written by author Bruce Young about photojournalist Lucian Read, who from Haiti to Iraq to Afghanistan, from shooting stills to HD video, is in it for the long haul. Also in this issue, the retired director of photography for the Associated Press, Hal Buell, writes about "Tough Pictures", some of history's graphic images that have moved the public to reaction; from Memphis, a feature story by Devin Greaney about Photojournalism & Spirituality; author and journalism educator Stephen Wolgast reviews the new Rick Smolan book Obama Time Capsule; and Multimedia Moments columnist Seth Gitner writes about a Newark Star-Ledger print and Web project that had five photographers covering six surgeries in two states for "Chain Of Life." These and many more features are in the October 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The September 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story on multimedia ethics, what still photographers who are making the switch to shooting Web video are discovering about it, and what college professors are teaching about the topic. Also in this issue, author and teacher Stephen Wolgast reviews the new book "Humanity In War" that features text by James Nachtwey; Detroit's Rodney Curtis ruminates on his new Life In Layoff Land; photography editor Jim Michalowski investigates the complex relationship between photographers' understanding of image metadata and orphaned pictures; and the University of Missouri's David Rees and John Dengler write about the life and the many contributions of America's consummate photojournalist and photojournalism educator, Angus McDougall, who died in August at the age of 92. These and other stories are in the September 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The August 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a first-person cover story by photojournalist Ramin Talaie about his three-week assignment in Tehran, Iran, covering the days leading up to the presidential election and the violence and protests that followed. Also in this issue, news on the second anniversary of the deadly Phoenix news helicopter midair tragedy that killed four of a lawsuit settlement along with new safety recommendations; a feature about three Nebraska photojournalism students who are spending the summer on the road in a travel trailer with one of their professors, Bruce Thorson, searching for the impact of the Great Recession on Nebraskans; and Rino Pucci writes from Milan, Italy, about the historical and propaganda issues surrounding photographing "power." These features and more in the August 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The July 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by writer, director, and filmmaker Turk Pipkin about how to make a feature documentary film. Pipkin, whose writing credits include more than 100 hours of prime time network television comedy and eight books, along with an acting role on The Sopranos as Janice Soprano's narcoleptic, born-again boyfriend during the show's third season, has now made two significant documentary films, "Nobelity" and - releasing this Fall - "One Peace At A Time."

Also in this issue, Multimedia Moments author Seth Gitner takes a look at what happened in June in Las Vegas at NPPA's Multimedia Immersion Workshop held during Convergence '09, and editor Sue Morrow conducts a Q&A with Geri Migielicz, the former director of photography for the San Jose Mercury News who is now one of the founders of a new video production company, Story4. Photographer Jeff Widener looks back on the twentieth anniversary of his Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" photograph and remembers how a young American college student was the link for making his famous picture possible, and author Bruce Young's Commentary piece, "The Awards Pool," about what judges pick as winners in the big contests, will surely start a few conversations. These stories, and much more, in the July issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The June 2009 issue of News Photographer magzine features stories about how photojournalists cover the Kentucky Derby horse race; a look at what some photojournalists are doing to discover a new professional life after newspaper careers; freelance photojournalist Walter Astrada's journey from the soccer fields of Argentina to the ethnic clashes he's covered in Haiti, the Congo, and Kenya; and a feature about Cutting Edge editor of the year Ryan Delamater. These stories, and more features, in the June 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The May 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story about Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald and Damon Winter of The New York Times and their 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning portfolios. Also in this issue, Bruce Young reviews the documentary film "The Death Of Kevin Carter" about a controversial Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph widely known as "The Vulture" and the photographer who shot it and committed suicide soon afterwards; a story about the photographers who at one time made up the staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before it stopped printing; a story about the lifting of the Dover Photo Ban and how fallen soldiers historically have been treated photographically; Brian McDermott takes a look at possible reasons why college photojournalism program enrollments are on the rise despite today's economy and the plight of newspapers; U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock is the first person to win the Military Photographer of the Year title a record four times; and Stephen Wolgast reviews Richard Street's new book, "Everyone Had Cameras," about the photographic depiction of America's farm workers. These and other stories in the May 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.

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