Spring 2010 | Online Exclusives

Visual Journalism

Photojournalism is changing, propelled by newsroom budget cuts, multimedia possibilities, and the ubiquity of digital images. In Visual Journalism, photojournalists write about emerging digital business strategies and their efforts to expand the reach of their photographs online and on gallery walls. They also share ideas about how to fund projects of personal passion and societal value. Their words tell vital stories about how they do their work; slideshows of their photographs—exclusive to our Web site—and multimedia presentations convey their visual stories. Read and watch as the future of photojournalism unfolds. – Melissa Ludtke, Editor

Visual Journalism
Slideshows in Visual Journalism
The photographs of more than a dozen contributors to the Spring 2010 issue have been compiled into slideshows and presented online for Nieman Reports readers.
Visual Journalism Resources
For those interested in learning more about visual journalism, we have compiled a list of sources that cover the field.
Multimedia Presentations
Several of our contributors have created in-depth mutlimedia presentations on their own Web sites, or with studios like MediaStorm. Links to some of these projects can be found here.
New Pathways
A Photographer’s Journey: From Newspapers to Social Media
In this photo essay from the Fall 2009 issue of Nieman Reports, Philadelphia photojournalist Jim MacMillan discusses how social media helped his post-newspaper career.
An Essay in Words and Photographs Jim MacMillan
Remembering
Photographers I've Known, And What They Taught Me (1 comment)
A documentary photographer looks back on his influences, friends and teachers in this online photo essay.
Words and Images by Richard Steven Street