Digging through some boxes today came across this gem from 10 years ago – the cover on the R1 magazine, OneShot featuring an image from current R1 Associate Director, Fred Field.

Last weekend to check out Chase Gallery at 129 Newbury Street in Boston for a special August exhibit of photos by children featured in the Academy award-winning feature documentary “Born into Brothels.” Images are up through August 27. Hours are M-Sat from 10:30a – 6p. More inspiration from the next generation? Look for the book [...]

The Free Press announced a small round of layoffs today – six. The article does not mention who / what positions were lost: Free Press to lay off 6 employees

There is a great interview with Region One’s own John Long in Newsweek. Great to see John and the NPPA out in front of an issue like this: Newsweek: Is Seeing Believing Because of the higher level of scrutiny that photographs face, do you think ones that are doctored are more likely to be caught? [...]

Tonight, Monday, August 18, there will be an hour long documentary on PBS on Roy Stryker and the F.S.A. photographers that is described in the NY Times as “how Mr. Stryker turned a small government agency’s New Deal project to document poverty into a visual anthology of thousands of images of American life in the [...]

Is your newsroom just getting started with multimedia? Or have you been doing it for years? Either way, NEAPNEA’s 2008 Newspaper Film Festival will offer you a chance to learn from the experiences of your colleagues from around New England and take your multimedia newsroom to the next level. Registration forms are available at theconference [...]