Women riding llamas. A line of ballerinas. Just hours after editors at the San Francisco Chronicle considered these very photographs for the next day's paper, Kathleen Hennessy presents them to her Visual Storytelling class. The New Basics By Layla Appleman Used to be that all a good journalist needed was a pen and a notebook. But in an industry increasingly driven by technology, good reporters now need to have access to a computer, know how to navigate basic programs and be able to surf the Web.
Editors say they're excited about the challenge of the new publication.
Loud and Clear By Virginia Pelley Magazine writing instructor Don Menn is trying to reach out to young people with a magazine that speaks their language. Check out the text of John Burks' speech to Thai journalists, in which he reports on how we're preparing students for the new millenium. He Wrote the Book on Photojournalism By Joanne Hanlon Twenty years after the first edition came out, Ken Kobre's textbook is still seen as the bible of photojournalism. Tools of the trade By Professor J.T. Johnson Cyberspace can present a frustrating trudge though a boggy swamp or an easy cruise in the fast lane if you know where you're going and how to effectively use the tools to get there.