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Guests: Bruce Byers Topics: The Ongoing Drama of the World Press Photo Plagiarism Controversy Iranian photographer Solmaz Daryani accused German photographer Maximilian Mann of plagiarizing her work by covering a similar topic and choosing similar shots. The DOCKS collective that Mann belongs to discovered that Read More ...

Guest: Ali Smith IG  Topics: Guidelines for Visual Journalists Covering Corona A photo coop created a list of guidelines for editors to follow when hiring visual journalists for jobs. What do we think of this list? Is it enough? Is it realistic? Staying Mentally Healthy Read More ...

Guest: Elisabetta Zavoli Topics: Polaroid is Back…Again The Impossible Project took on Polaroid cameras 12 years ago when the brand and camera were abandoned and today have launched the Polaroid Now. Does this camera do anything for you? Did you use Polaroid back in the Read More ...

Guest: Alyssa Schukar Topics: Working in a COVID-19 World As the COVID-19 pandemic starts turning into a long term issue that we’ll be facing for weeks, if not months, many in our already difficult to maintain industry are feeling it more now than ever. How Read More ...

Topics: Plagiarism Allegations in World Press Photo Contest The World Press Photo competition always draws controversy, but this year it’s not because of photo manipulation or staging, it’s because of alleged plagiarism. Two photographers covered the same story multiple years apart and captured strikingly similar Read More ...

Guest: Ben Weller Topics: World Press Photo Contest 2020 Nominees Let’s discuss the nominees. Adobe Cancels Event Due to CoronaVirus As mentioned last week, the CoronaVirus, or COVID-19, is having detrimental impacts to many events. The latest victim is the Adobe Summit 2020. How has Read More ...

Visual Journalism in a Pandemic COVID-19 is dominating the news and made me think about covering a story about a pandemic. How would you cover a story like this in your area? What kind of precautions would you take before and during the coverage of Read More ...

Guests: Olga Stefatou Topic 1: Photo Orgies So many photographers were showing up to photograph Yosemite’s famous Horsetails Falls when it was lit up that park officials had to close areas to prevent them from being overwhelmed with people and trash. What are our thoughts Read More ...

Guests: Neha Hirve Topic 1: Photojournalist Arrested A photojournalist in NYC was arrested for filming police officer arresting someone. Why do arrests like these still happen? Why is something like this happening in NYC or even America? What are some precautions we can take to Read More ...

Guests: Katarina Premfors, David H. Wells Topic 1: Google Debuts Manipulated Image Detection Tool Jigsaw, an Alphabet company, has unveiled a new tool called Assembler which seeks to detect manipulated imagery. The tool combines multiple image manipulations techniques to seek out and detect altered images. Read More ...