January 7, 2008

In 1998 photographer Dirck Halstead launched a Web site called The Digital Journalist (for which I write occasional columns and articles, as a contributing editor). In short order, it became a must-click destination for the photojournalism community.

This month, to honor the site's 10th anniversary, Dirck has posted some of the classic pieces produced by TDJ over the past decade, including two features dear to my heart: 20 Years: Photography & AIDS (which in 2001 was named the best story produced by an independent Web site, as determined by the Online Journalism Association) and Seeing the Horror (images by, and interviews with, photojournalists who covered the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath), to which I contributed an essay, "America's Darkest Day."

Please stop by the Web site this month and revisit the early intersection of photojournalism and compelling online storytelling.

...MISCELLANY. A quote from New York Times media-business columnist -and-oracle David Carr in today's paper:

"The downside of being able to shoot and store all the photos you want at little or no cost is that you can shoot or store all the photos you want. (Experts are suggesting that the average number of times a photo is viewed is dropping from one toward zero very rapidly.)"