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Mark Hamilton worked as a reporter and editor, and occasionally as a photographer, for 26 years before becoming a journalism instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Richmond, British Columbia. He writes the Notes from a Teacher blog.




Badge of Honor: The Case for Better Labeling in Photojournalism

November 25 | By | Posted in Photojournalism

Tweet Every year, I rant to my students about “photo illustration” as a label. Here’s the short version: Readers have no clear idea what that means, it is unevenly applied, and using “photo illustration” may make journalists feel they’ve done the ethical thing, but it doesn’t tell readers much. Tweet

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