However, the two newspapers were quite different in tone of coverage. On the 20th, the Bee ran a solemn picture of President Clinton, with his head down, and wife Hillary behind him. As the scene in Washington changed, so did the landscape of the Bee's front cover. The tone of the articles, photographs, and layout was much more encouraging to Clinton's future in the White House, suggesting that this probably wasn't the end of his presidency. Meanwhile, the huge news this week has yet to show any impact in my life and work.
Life goes on.
Today our front page had a staff photo by Frank Rivera of National Guard troops saying goodbye to their families as the they ship out for Kuwait. Newspaper photography is about local news and recent surveys show that is why people buy newspapers. They know that newspapers are better at documenting their community than any other medium. Tom Hubbard , a recently retired photojournalism professor from Ohio State University, has pointed out that in today s world we all know what is going on in Washington or Iraq because of television. But even though we know everything about celebrities and scandals, we typically don t know much at all about our next door neighbors and that s where still photographers can do their best work.