This portion of the website is home to photography, video, and visual journalism. Based on what we've learned about different types of writing in class so far, this page reminds me of a more technology-based version of a (news) feature. Each project gives you an up-close and personal look at a particular issue or what a particular person or group has to say about a given issue.
The posts are usually set up in one of two ways: a daily "Pictures of the Day" post usually features the most prominent issue in the headline along with "Elsewhere," and consists of 10-15 photos taken from locations worldwide. The second type of post is one that is set up more like a photo essay, and highlights a particular topic in a particular place; this can be portrayed in the form of a video with a narrator and/or an interview, or a series of roughly 20 photos.
This resource is a valuable one not only for the phenomenal talent of New York Times photographers, but for the added feeling of human-ness that the photos evoke. Instead of reading an article about what top officials say about the rebel forces in Libya or reading a description of the destruction in Japan, the viewer is able to visualize the violence and contention among the warring forces in Libya, and can see the state of despair and obliteration in Japan as many are left with nothing.
The subjects of the photos are regular people; not diplomats, not celebrities, not world leaders. In a way, I feel that these photos induce a sense of solidarity, and stand as a slightly more informative technique of presenting the news.
It may be a little more difficult to access now, but if you don't have a membership, I suggest using some of your 20 free article views for this month to check this out; it's well worth it.
>> lens.blogs.nytimes.com
_Diana.
Thank you for sharing!
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