Digital Photojournalism

The photograph has affected the way many cultures throughout the world understand and learn about their world. One of the main fields responsible for this paradigm is photojournalism. It is the use of photographs in conjunction with the reporting of news in media such as print newspapers, magazines, television news and internet reporting. With the introduction of digital cameras and other digital technologies, photojournalism has greatly augmented its capacity for reporting up-to-the-minute news from around the world. Not limited by exposures on a roll of film, digital chips can store up to a thousand images, and are less sensitive to airport X-rays and exposure to light. With a wireless internet connection, a photojournalist can editor within seconds of their initial capture. As a medium, the digital photograph has opened up new venues for gathering news, from small, self-published newsletters, to the online log. This innovative book digital photojournalism provides an in-depth and clear perspectives on what digital photojournalism is, where it came from, and where it may be going. It describes the theory of digital photojournalism and also covers the current practices in this field. Legal and ethical issues are also discussed. The book merges the academic and the professional worlds of digital photojournalism and contains the information essential to both.