Photo News and Journalism Roundup for Week Ending Sunday, August 30, 2020
Topics: Be Sure To Get Comprehensive, Itemized Quotes When Working With Local Businesses • Resources for Humans Virtual Conference • America Is Facing a Record Shortage of Poll Workers • Adobe MAX — The Creativity Conference • Adobe Creative Cloud Updates
Daily Photo News and Journalism Roundup for Monday, July 27, 2020
Topics: Photojournalist and veteran combat medic Mike Hastie pepper sprayed in Portland • Trouble in Photography SEO Paradise with SmugMug and Squarespace
Daily Photo News and Journalism Roundup for Friday, July 24, 2020
Topics: "Captain Portland's" Fundraiser for Street Medics • America Reimagined Documentary Project Launched • Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund • NPPA, NPPF, and the (Unrelated) NPF • How to Protect Your Rights as a Photographer in the Modern World
Daily Photo News and Journalism Roundup for Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Topics: Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) to pass closest to Earth on July 22 and July 23 • Photo Bill of Rights • Newsvoice — Let's fix the news. Together. • Shameless self-promotion — Hamor Hollow Hedgehogs finally has baby hedgies!
Metadata and Thumbnails Can Out Your Anonymous Sources
Most photojournalists have started tagging their photos with IPTC metadata to aid in copyright and indexing their massive collection of images. Some news organizations also require that all digital images be tagged to properly track and attribute the file during the production process. This metadata, however, can lead to some compromising moments if not properly sanitized or redacted before publication.