1998 Journals
December, 1998 My karma at work is working overtime. James Keivom
December 28, 1998 Last July on this website I wrote about an assignment I had had, to photograph a mother and her young son, both of whom were battling leukemia Susan Markisz
December 27, 1998 Girls, curls and slipjigs Susan Markisz
December, 1998 This journal is a tribute to you, the reader Mark Hertzberg
December 23, 1998 Who Has a Dirty Mind? Dick Kraus
December 21, 1998 Impeachment, Iraq, and Imagemakers Special Journal
December 21, 1998 President Clinton pulled the trigger last Wednesday, unleashing four days of aerial raids against Iraq, and we reacted by ordering a half-dozen pizzas. Mark Hertzberg
December 21, 1998 As the scene in Washington changed, so did the landscape of the Bee's front cover.Joe Jaszewski
December 21, 1998 The events of this week have made me think a bit more about good photojournalism and history.Tom Burton
December 21, 1998 Covering the President's impeachment from ground zero: George Bridges, Freelance GUEST JOURNAL
December 21, 1998 "He defended the Constitution". Lynn French
December 20, 1998 Newsday's Page One Dick Kraus
December 18, 1998 "Who has a valid passport?" Tom Burton
December 20, 1998 Photographers get sick. We shoot in 100 degree heat, then the reporter blasts the air conditioner in the car. We shoot in driving snow and wind until we can't feel our lower half then sit in a sweltering edit bay for a few hours. We forget to eat dinner because we needed to finish editing a story. We put our bodies through a lot of extremes all while lugging around 50 to 80 pounds of gear. And we love it, but our bodies fight back. Lynn French
December 19, 1998 Around this time last year I wrote that one of my goals was to find out how photography fits into my life. Susan Markisz
December 13, 1998 Shoot with just one body, a 35mm f/2 lens, and a roll of 800 film. Joe Jaszewski
December 12, 1998 The Nutcracker Tom Burton
December 10, 1998 You see, this is what we as photojournalists will be doing in the not so distant future. We will work not only as photographers, but visual storytellers collecting information and then packaging it into presentable form for our viewers Mark Lent
December 7, 1998 Looking Through My Viewfinder At a Covergirl Lynn French
December 5, 1998 Work With What You've Got Dick Kraus
November , 1998 I was thinking of a lead for this entry, but let's get real, what lead can compete with THIS!!!!!!!!!? James Keivom
November 30, 1998 Okay, it does not rhyme, we are in North Carolina and it is 70 degrees, there is no snow. But one of the longest standing Christmas traditions for me is the post Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas shopping stories. You have seen them hundreds of them through the years. They all fall along three basic story lines: How much are people spending? Shoplifting and mall safety, and what are this year's "hot" gifts? Lynn French
November 29, 1998 Abortion. That's the only word you have to mention in any conversation, and emotions are aroused , so imagine what it's like trying to make newsroom decisions about how to cover the issue. That's where we found ourselves Thursday morning at the Racine Journal Times. Mark Hertzberg
October, 1998 A WHOLE LOTTA I-40 (posted November 26, 1998) Lynn French
November 22, 1998 We Interrupt This Broadcast Mark Hertzberg
November 21, 1998 Sometimes, things just have a funny way of working out and fate joins your side for a bit. Joe Jaszewski
November 18, 1998 Our big story last week, indeed perhaps our biggest of the year, was a story about something that DIDN'T happen. Mark Hertzberg
November 16, 1998 Did We Overact? Mark Hertzberg
November 8, 1998 Wednesday was the day the yellow smiley face from that big chain of stores from Arkansas frowned at me. Mark Hertzberg
November 8, 1998 I'm always touched by how quickly people can lose their lives, lose everything, of how a lifetime can just gone in a flash. And then how it's just a note in the next day's newspaper, and then gone from our thoughts forever. Donald Winslow
November 4, 1998 We've all had to do our share of one computer genius/computer programmer/computer innovator/computer geek photograph after another... and it begs the question: How many ways can you shoot a computer without taking out a double barreled shotgun? Susan Markisz
November 3, 1998 Monday Morning, Post Gore Mark Hertzberg
November 2, 1998 I'm so excited, I won't be able to sleep tonight Mark Hertzberg
October, 1998 I learned "Hey Jude" on the piano and then watched a man die half an hour later. James Keivom
October 30, 1998 Some Days Are Golden Dick Kraus
October 29, 1998 The launch of Discovery and STS-95 Tom Burton
October 28, 1998 Huber is one of a handful of photographers who has been setting remotes since the very first shuttle launch in 1981. Tom Burton
October 28, 1998 Baseball legends Susan Markisz
October 27, 1998 It sure feels good when someone in a management capacity notices the work you do and goes out of their way to acknowledge the quality of that work and compliment you. Joe Jaszewski
October 27, 1998 So, what's your work space look like?! Lara Hartley
October 26, 1998 "Keep following the story, sounds like fun!" Susan Markisz
October 20, 1998 I Have An Infinite Amount of Dislike for Political Flacks Dick Kraus
October 20, 1998 But you NEVER really know until the film is there before you, on the light table. Donald Winslow
October 18, 1998 It Still Hurts After All These Years Dick Kraus
October 12, 1998 It was one of those days when an assignment was as much fun as opening birthday presents. Mark Hertzberg
October 10, 1998 He's a cop...Mark Hertzberg
October 9, 1998 The waiting is the hardest part Tom Burton
October 8, 1998 Alan Carroll Pet of the Week Photos Guest Journal
October 7, 1998 Getting my feet back on level ground Joe Jaszewski
October 3, 1998 The One that Got Away Dick Kraus
September, 1998 I couldn't wait to participate in "A Day In the Life of Boulder" again. It seems that every year the Boulder Weekly hosts this event, I end up with a portfolio shot. James Keivom
September 27, 1998 Going the Extra Mile Dick Kraus
September 21, 1998 A friend of mine calls it the ultimate form of channel surfing. .Mark Hertzberg
September 17, 1998 Something about Harry Susan Markisz
Back to school, a two part journal
September Tom Hubbard Thoughts on being a freshman Guest Journal
September Thoughts on being a freshman Photos added 9/29 Joe Jaszewski
September 15, 1998 When we edited the film, this last photo kept jumping up at us. It was far less planned than any cover we’ve done - in fact, it was probably the least calculated photo of the entire shoot - but it had that certain "ooomph" we wanted. Tom Burton
September 11, 1998 ...sometimes we can have a positive effect on people's lives even when some readers think we are raking them over the coals. .Mark Hertzberg
September 7, 1998 OH, MY ACHIN’ HEAD Dick Kraus
September 6, 1998 Photography enabled me to bring my own vision and interpretation to the canvas, at first fairly effortlessly, at least compared to what it had been like trying to eek out an image from a glob of burnt sienna to replicate a paper bag still-life. Susan Markisz
September 5, 1998 Give 'em hell Jerry Pope Mark Lent
September 4, 1998 I got out of the newspaper business and had opened a studio. I started out shooting weddings, portraits and a bit of commercial work in between. One thing that I learned while shooting all of this is that first, I'm really not much of a portrait photographer and next, I hate shooting weddings... Mark Lent
September 3, 1998 Let's Go Bar-B-Quein' Mark Lent
August, 1998 I need a vacation. Not the "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" type, just a couple of days sleeping late, eating dessert before meals,...just enough time to put THE OTHER STREAK to rest.James Keivom
August 28, 1998 A firefighter returns Tom Burton
August 28, 1998 Sometimes the last thing a photographer wants to see is a camera.Mark Hertzberg
August 24, 1998 When formal assignments are running thin and I just have that itch to shoot, I rely on my family to provide a subject: themselves.Joe Jaszewski
August 21, 1998 A Day in the Life Susan Markisz
August 21, 1998 The Grabber Dick Kraus
August 17, 1998 What was startling was that one of the kids who used to play there not so long ago, now a young mother herself, was there with her 3 year old. Susan Markisz
August 12, 1998 Personal work Lara Hartley
August 11, 1998 My first all-digital journal entry Mark Lent
August 8, 1998 Just Because Lara Hartley
August 6, 1998 The bar keeps getting raised Joe Jaszewski
August 5, 1998 GOING TO THE WALL.....AGAIN Dick Kraus
August 4, 1998 How to be a Model - or Just Look Like One! Tom Burton
July, 1998 I'd call him the best damn reporter I've worked with, but Jim Sheeler is so much more than JUST a reporter. James KeivomJuly 30, 1998 After an hour it was getting just light enough to make out a couple of guys carrying tv cameras, walking down the road towards me. They were a French tv crew. I asked them how much further it was to the scene and they told me that I wasn't even a third of the way there and I still hadn't reached the hills yet. Dick Kraus
July 30, 1998 I'll never forget the first time that I saw a photo on a computer screen Mark Lent
July 30, 1998 I recently did something I’ve never done before. I went to a press conference without my cameras. Tom Burton
July 29, 1998 Some of the newest members of our staff were surprised at the persistence of the British press. They just won’t stop and they want everything. It is quite the clash in cultures when this kind of story goes global.Tom Burton
July 29, 1998 Kids make great pics Lara Hartley
July 28, 1998 What is fear, really?Lara Hartley
July 25, 1998 They say that in England you are innocent until proven guilty; in France you are guilty until proven innocent; and in America you are innocent until the next edition of the newspaper flies off the presses or the evening news comes on. Mark Hertzberg
July 24, 1998 I had no guarantee of selling the photos I was about to take. I figured if I couldn’t get anyone to buy them, then I would just chalk it up to experience. Joe Jaszewski
July Just when I needed the break, it came to me, like a photographic vacation handed down from the heavens.GUEST JOURNAL
July 19, 1998 The wannabe emperor has no clothes. Lara Hartley
July 18, 1998 This story is not about a war on another continent. It's about a silent one being fought here...and in just about every corner of the world Susan Markisz
July 18, 1998 The Day the Rabbit Died Dick Kraus
July 17, 1998 The best high school photojournalism program in the world.Joe Jaszewski
July 15, 1998 I don't do wars... Susan Markisz
July, 1998 Lighting 101 Susan Markisz
July 12, 1998 We joke that today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap. But for many people, our work lives on beyond just that day's paper.Mark Hertzberg
July 8, 1998Redemption Joe Jaszewski
July 7, 1998 Delgado, who sat in his orange county jail jumpsuit, had tears streaming down his face as he listened to the charges being read the day after his nine-month old son died on a hot summer day, strapped in his car seat, in the backseat of Delgado's broiling Dodge Omni Mark Hertzberg
July 6, 1998 For more than a month, it hasn't rained much more than a spit in Central Florida Tom Burton
July 5, 1998 Hundreds of people would gather and watch as unscripted---and illegal---eye candy unfolded. Susan Markisz
June 30, 1998 Yesterday I was part of the pack, looking for the celebrity of the moment and facing Armageddon. Tom Burton
June 27, 1998 At my newspaper, we run photography-based illustrations to illustrate stories that don't lend themselves to documentary styled photojournalism. Tom Burton
June 25, 1998 How many ways can you spell G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-0-N ? Susan Markisz
June 25, 1998 Let’s go and knock on other people’s doors and meet them Joe Jaszewski
June 24, 1998 Simple Pleasures Susan Markisz
June 23, 1998 We've never shown the readers this sunset view of the city before...if all goes well, it'll stretch across Wednesday morning's front page. Today is Monday, though, and they first have to get through Tuesday's newspaper. Mark Hertzberg
June 22, 1998 Last week I had the tables turned on me. Mark Hertzberg
June 22, 1998 Life Begins at 40 Susan Markisz
June 18, 1998 To da dump, to da dump, to da dump dump dump. Lara Hartley
June 17, 1998 This journal entry is different from my others. No photos, no talk about the "shot that got away" nothing like that. In fact, I'm not even going to talk to you about anything that remotely resembles newspaper work. Mark Lent
June 16, 1998 T-shirts to tombstones Lara Hartley
June 15, 1998 "I am woman, hear me roar..." ...Ok, so it's only a muffled "Yesssss!!!" Susan Markisz
June 14, 1998 "I'm on vacation..." Tom Burton
June 13, 1998 Pomp and Circumstance Susan Markisz
June 13, 1998 PHOTOJOURNALIST OR NOT?? Dick Kraus
June 12, 1998 This was a milestone for me, considering I had never had an assignment from a commercial newspaperJoe Jaszewski
June 9, 1998 Miss Exotic World Lara Hartley
June, 1998 I've gotten off my butt and started to pave the road to my dreams. I've already filled four passports with visas from 13 countries and it's time to fill more. James Keivom
June 9, 1998 Anything Goes...Susan Markisz
June 4, 1998 ..none of those pictures would have been published without his help. Mark Hertzberg
June 3, 1998 Shooting for Stock Susan Markisz
June 1, 1998 Baby, think it over... Susan Markisz
June 2, 1998 "...you've got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?" I do after almost losing one of the prerequisites in photojournalism: my eyes. James Keivom
June, 1998 I've gotten off my butt and started to pave the road to my dreams. I've already filled four passports with visas from 13 countries and it's time to fill more
May 30, 1998 All the world a stage Lara Hartley
May 29, 1998 Today was one of those days in which you hit the lows and the highs. Mark Hertzberg
May 29, 1998 When I decided to shoot a figure drawing class, I knew that I’d be up against some newspaper taboos. Tom Burton
May 27, 1998 Lately it seems as if it is coming too easy. Lara Hartley
May, 1998 Art.Rage.Us -- An Essay Susan Markisz
May 26, 1998 You never know where a pair of dirty socks will take you Mark Hertzberg
May 25, 1998 Another Memorial Day Dick Kraus
May 23, 1998 Don't Show Them Shit Dick Kraus
May 22, 1998 An open letter to Joe Jaszewski Tom Burton
May 19, 1998 Sports photography...To me, it's always been the essence of photojournalism Mark Lent
May 17, 1998 I no longer have to hide under semi-trailer trucks to shoot news pictures of major industries...Mark Hertzberg
May 11, 1998 ...every once in a while, you run across someone while covering a story that changes your whole life. Mark Lent
May 8, 1998 Why I chose Photojournalism as a Career Joe Jaszewski
May, 1998 Taking a break from photography which has been everything for the last four years. Need some breathing room. Starting to practice on my drum rudiments again so that in ten years, I won't be saying: "If I could just practice for ten years I'd be as good as the guy on stage." James Keivom
April 30, 1998 The Last Word Tom Burton
April 25, 1998 Attoprimo Cup China Model Star Contest James Zeng-Huang
April 24, 1998 Stop the Presses Mark Hertzberg
April 23, 1998 Nothin’ Special Dick Kraus
April 21, 1998 After working for newspapers in Alabama for 8 years, I've come to take tornado warnings very seriously Mark Lent
April 19, 1998 Thursday I took the day off ... well, sort of. Susan Markisz
April 19, 1998 Sign of Discontent Mark Hertzberg
April 18, 1998 Snakes and Saints Lara Hartley
April 16, 1998 Femme Fatale Tom Burton
April 14, 1998 Bernard L. Stein, Co-publisher of The Riverdale Press, wins Pulitzer prize. Susan Markisz
April 12, 1998 Titanic In China: A Good Story or A Bad Story James Zeng-Huang
April 10, 1998 All of the Usual Rules Apply Dick Kraus
April 10. 1998 A Homecoming of sorts Susan Markisz
April 6, 1998 "I am not Julia Child" Susan Markisz
April 5, 1998 Finding "life" in photojournalism Tom Burton
April 5, 1998 The Photojournalism Roller coaster: Of Extremes and Insecurities Susan Markisz
April 1, 1998 Dating - part deux - update Lara Hartley
April, 1998 Jerry Springer and the Zen of Photojournalism James Keivom
March 31, 1998 101 Ways to Photograph a Welder (part two) Mark Lent
March 31, 1998 The beauty of the bloom.Lara Hartley
March 30, 1998 The dark side of humanity reared its head in one of our communities over the weekend.Susan Markisz
March 29, 1998 A mitzvah is a good deed...Susan Markisz
March 29, 1998 Otto Pohl The Death of Photojournalism?GUEST JOURNAL
March 29, 1998 Today, it was over 80 degrees.Susan Markisz
March 28, 1998 "the (not really) begging phone call." Susan Markisz
March 24, 1998 101 Ways to Photograph a Welder Mark Lent
March 24, 1998 Humphrey Bogart, move over. Mark Hertzberg
March 23, 1998 In the end, only one photo was important... Mark Hertzberg
March 22, 1998 In Search of Art Susan Markisz
March 21, 1998 Religious Mission Visits China James Zeng-Huang
March 18, 1998 You Just Never Know Dick Kraus
March 15, 1998 Spring Fashion - The Printed Page Tom Burton
March 15, 1998 Kelso Dunes (Photo Essay) Lara Hartley
March 12, 1998 And today's assignment is to photograph...real estate brokers. Susan Markisz
March 10, 1998 In theatre, what you don't see is just as important as what you do see...Mark Lent
March 6 , 1998 Spring Fashion - a final editTom Burton
Which photo do you think would make the best cover?March 1 , 1998 I love B1 Lara Hartley
March, 1998 I am continually worried about making ends meet; the last check I got was seed money for a cheap meal. This is not the way to live. James Keivom
February 27, 1998 Spring Fashion - the fifth day Tom Burton
As a photographer, I try to anticipate anything that can go wrong.February 27, 1998 My work has now been published in a new media...on a picket sign. Mark Hertzberg
February 26, 1998 Spring Fashion - the fourth day Tom Burton
The shoot went very well and there may be one or two more contenders for the cover.February 25, 1998 BORING, BORING, BORING Lara Hartley
February 25, 1998 Spring Fashion - the third day Tom Burton
...the most debated, discussed and sometimes over-thought decision is which photo will be on the cover.February 25, 1998 The last two months of 1998 have been phenomenal for my shooting. James Keivom
February 25, 1998 Small Paper / Large Paper? Dick Kraus
February 24, 1998 Spring Fashion - the second day Tom Burton
But during a fashion shoot like today, I shoot Polaroids proofs on everything ...February 24, 1998 Journalists usually love a good juicy story. I'm in the middle of covering one I hate. Part 3 Mark Hertzberg
February 23, 1998 Spring Fashion - the first day Tom Burton
The phone rang at 6:30 a.m...The obvious question was, "what's going on?"February 23, 1998 Journalists usually love a good juicy story. I'm in the middle of covering one I hate. Part 2 Mark Hertzberg
February 23, 1998 Faces in the ferris wheel Lara Hartley
February 23, 1998 I always breathe a sigh of relief when I edit my negatives after a basketball game. Susan Markisz
February 22, 1998 Admittedly, there are many things that the press does that irritate, enrage and awe me.(UPDATED to include photo captions) Mark Lent
February 21, 1998 Dead bodies have blue feet. Lara Hartley
February 20, 1998 Hoop Skirts and Harlots Lara Hartley
February 20, 1998 Journalists usually love a good juicy story. I'm in the middle of covering one I hate. Part 1 Mark Hertzberg
February 20, 1998 China In My Mirror James Zeng-Huang
February 19, 1998 While photojournalists seek to document the reality of their world, fashion photographers conspire with beautiful models and clever stylists to create a fantasy. Tom Burton
February 18, 1998 Newsroom Decisions, Dilemmas and Cut Lines Susan Markisz
February 17, 1998 I knew that it was ridiculous for me to have to take my wife to a murder scene just to spend "quality time" Mark Lent
February 13, 1998 Friday the 13th and a full moon - oh my! Lara Hartley
February 12, 1998 How Special Can You Get? Dick Kraus
February 10, 1998 These are the things about journalism that are truly joyful. Susan Markisz
February 8, 1998 Parts is parts. Lara Hartley
Update: To Mark's February 4 posting
February 4, 1998 (9:24 AM) It was a situation where one has to shoot pictures first, and ask questions later Mark Hertzberg
February 3, 1998 There are few things that are more frightening than dating. Lara Hartley
February 2, 1998 Sometimes You Get Lucky Dick Kraus
February 1, 1998 Last night, I had a dream Tom Burton
February, 1998 Life in a southern town Mark Lent
January 28, 1998I’ve found that my best work happens when I surprise myself. Tom Burton
January 27, 1998 The viewfinder in our cameras is dark for the split second we shoot our photos...Mark Hertzberg
January 26, 1998 Head Shots and Real Estate Dick Kraus
January 23, 1998 Just what is news? Mark Hertzberg
January 23, 1998 One of the last photographs I took in 1997 was of firefighter John Usai. . .Susan Markisz
January 19, 1998 An 83-year-old reader called me this morning, in tears. . .Mark Hertzberg
January 14, 1998 My hope for 1998 is an ability to come to terms with what role photography plays in my life.Susan Markisz
January, 1998 The word pictures answer the questions that the photograph asks Lara Hartley
