By George Hoff on June 12, 2010
The work of nine photographers are on show at this year’s Fotopres at the Caixa Forum in Madrid. It is a moving display of the power of the medium. This year the first prize went to Emilio Morenatti for a series of photos showing the devastating results of “Gender Violence in Pakistan.” Morenatti was seriously [...]
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By George Hoff on June 3, 2010
A number of journalists were on board the Mavi Marmara when it was boarded on Monday by the Israeli military. A reporter and cameraman from the Malaysia channel Astro Awani arrived in Jordan on Thursday. They described their experience as “pure hell” according to a report in the online edition of the newstraitstimes. Ashwad Ismail [...]
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By George Hoff on May 25, 2010
About 10 years ago I discovered “The Flanders Panel” by the Spanish writer Arturo Perez-Reverte. The historical mystery appealed to me even before I learned that Perez-Reverte was a war journalist. It intrigued me that he had turned to intricate mysteries. Over the years I have read his nine novels. Some, like “The Seville Communion”, [...]
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By George Hoff on May 21, 2010
Haiti has been one of the top topics on the blog since January. There have been photos, videos and posts considering the ethical questions around how the visual media was used. I covered the invasion of Haiti back in the 90s and I still remember being told to re-edit video because the images our team [...]
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By George Hoff on May 19, 2010
The military’s action in Bangkok is putting journalists at risk. Two Canadian journalists have been seriously injured in the past week. Chandler Vandergrift is the latest to be caught up in the violence. Freelance cameraman Nelson Rand was shot and seriously wounded by a sniper a few days ago. Tweets from the Globe and Mail’s Mark [...]
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By George Hoff on May 18, 2010
Until yesterday I used the term “VJ” to mean video journalist. Then I was handed a new term for it, versatile journalist. So VJ has moved from the 20th to the 21st century. It is so much more apt for what is asked of journalists now. I wish I’d had the term this past semester [...]
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By George Hoff on May 5, 2010
World Press Freedom Day was marked a couple of days ago. Canadian Journalists for Free Expression did something new this year to mark the day. The CJFE took a look at the state of free expression in Canada and handed out grades. You can read the report. My headline. Canada’s Supreme Court got an A [...]
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By George Hoff on May 5, 2010
There’s a wonderful documentary film festival every spring in Toronto called Hot Docs. I’m just back from a screening of “Enemies of the People.” It’s an account of a Cambodian journalist’s search for the real story of the Cambodian killing fields in the late 1970s. Thet Sambath is a reporter for the Phnom Penh Post. He [...]
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By George Hoff on May 3, 2010
When we get together our conversations often turn to how we need to get more journalists talking about the various issues that arise when covering trauma and violence. One point that has been made repeatedly is that journalism conferences are a great venue to get the discussions going. Well it is conference season for both [...]
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By George Hoff on April 30, 2010
This posting from CNN was forwarded to me and I feel it needs to be widely seen and discussed. Perhaps there are other reasons for CNN correspondent Michael Ware taking a leave. Perhaps… Or is this an example of why so many journalists keep the personal impact of their work to themselves? Take a look and [...]
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