Why Give Prizes?

The World Press Photo’s contest for Photograph of the Year

For 60 years, World Press Photo has presided an annual contest to reward the best Photographs of the Year according to “the highest standards in photojournalism.” This contest has been “not only a record of more than half a century of human history, but a showcase of successive styles in ...
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Why Give Prizes?

Blogging Politics

Democratizing the news in the era of digital media

This democratization, however, has also created significant changes in various aspects of journalistic practice. First of all, it has undermined the capacity for readers to recognize what is relevant or irrelevant information, up to the point where the latter category can be identified as news. Second of all, it has ...
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