Forays in Journalism

3/11/13

Very cool look at Canada from behind a lens. What does it mean to be Canadian?
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/canada-eh/


3/7/13
On the internet in France. Fascinating, y'all. 

http://www.zdnet.com/au/we-had-the-same-debate-france-approves-nbn-blueprint-7000012057/

3/6/13


A thought provoking contribution to The New Yorker about books and their decline being used in art and what it means in the bigger sense.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/03/the-art-of-browsing.html

My heart broke. An bookstore specializing in antique and rare books destroyed by a water-pipe? A nightmare that had an optimistic ending. Read on, lovers of lit.

http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2013/03/the-xenia-relief-project.phtml

One writers thoughts on Mexico's reading habits. Interesting to put in a more personal context. How do you read?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/opinion/the-country-that-stopped-reading.html?smid=tw-nytimes

3/5/13

"Silent Lives", a documentary project on the lives of the help in Kenya.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/03/silent-lives.html#slide_ss_0=1

3/4/13
Excellent Documentary Photo Essays

Photographer Taryn  Simon takes a creative but powerful look at the wrongfully convicted. These are absolutely stunning photographs.
http://www.tarynsimon.com/works_innocents.php

The Battle at Wounded Knee was more than a tide-turning battle. In the wake of history lies a community that experiences a 90% unemployment rate and a movement for native rights, but their extreme poverty is not the only thing on the minds of those still living at Pine Ridge. Traditional values and community have bloomed. Photo essay by photographer Aaron Huey.

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/contemporary-issues/aaron-huey/08?gallery=6096

2/27/13

Good-bye Fung Wah bus?

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2013/02/27/fung-wah-bus-line-stops-rolling-for-now/SoYkZjyLytucaxHAFwOHHJ/story.html


2/26/13

An interesting look into journalistic integrity. A photojournalist omits and replaces facts in the caption of his award winning photograph, causing the subject to step forward with the truth.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/a-prize-winning-ethics-lesson/"A Prize Winning Ethics Lesson?"