Daily Photo News and Journalism Roundup for Monday, July 27, 2020
A daily compilation of photography, journalism, and content creation news and resources written or curated by Sean Sosik-Hamor. Not everything posted is breaking news but is something that piqued his interest while researching or fact-checking other stories. Daily roundups may be briefer on days where Sean is working on other stories.
Photojournalist and Veteran Combat Medic Mike Hastie Pepper Sprayed in Portland
By Sean Sosik-Hamor for Newsvoice
Federal agents pepper sprayed photojournalist and veteran Vietnam War combat medic Mike Hastie during Portland protests over the weekend. Footage captured by video producer Andrew Kimmel shows Hastie being sprayed point-blank in the eyes. After being sprayed Hastie said, ‘Here, I’ll give you my card. Someone needs to get this on...on film [expletive]. I mean, really. That’s why I’m here.’
Some of Mike Hastie’s work can be found on the The Portland Alliance, an alternative progressive media source, which reports on issues that they describe as “ignored or distorted by the corporate-dominated mainstream press.”
Mike Hastie’s emotional Vietnam Photo Essay entitled Lying is The Most Powerful Weapon In War is available at Vietnam Full Disclosure. He is also a contributor to Veterans for Peace.
Bruce K. Gagnon describes Hastie as “fierce and honest to the bone” and goes on to explain that Hastie was on the first Veterans For Peace delegation to Jeju Island, South Korea.
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Trouble in Photography SEO Paradise With SmugMug and Squarespace
By Sean Sosik-Hamor for Hamor Photography
Gaining control over the first-page of search engine results for you and your business is critical to reputation management. It’s impossible to directly control the search engine results themselves but it is possible to influence them with quality content creation and proper Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
