Ad Age Friday January 23, 2026
Something unusual is happening across social media: Gen Z, the generation that grew up posting, sharing and performing online, is quietly disappearing from public feeds. Not deleting accounts, but abandoning them and moving to what is being referred to as the “cozy web”— private group chats, Discord servers, close-friend lists, and specialized groups focused on intimacy and trust. This shift isn’t about shrinking attention spans, but a search for meaning and humanity online. For brands, the implication is that intimacy can’t be growth-hacked, notes Ad Age. Read the full Story >>
Vital Impacts Friday January 23, 2026
Vital Impacts, the organization founded by National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale supporting visual storytelling focused on conservation efforts, has announced the recipients of its 2026 fellowships and mentorships. The $20,000 Dr. Jane Goodall Fellowship goes to Sao Paulo, Brazil-based photographer Tommaso Protti, who will continue his decade-long project documenting how deforestation and organized crime are reshaping the Brazilian Amazon, with a focus on Indigenous resilience in the contested Javari Valley. Read the full Story >>
FotoEvidence Friday January 23, 2026
Through February, you can pitch book ideas to FotoEvidence, which focuses on photography documenting social injustice. FotoEvidence publisher Svetlana Bachevanova will be hosting one-hour Zoom sessions in which she will review your proposal and image and also discuss photo edit, design, printing options, writers, the audience, financing, distribution, and impact. Selected book proposals will be considered for publication in 2026-2027. The session costs 80€ (about $93). Read the full Story >>
Amateur Photographer Friday January 23, 2026
Photo-editing software products, including AI tools, are often used to “beautify” people by slimming them down. but an investigation by ITV News in the UK has revealed that people with otherwise healthy weights/BMIs are now using photo-editing tools to make themselves look “bigger” in order to get hold of powerful weight loss drugs such as Mounjaro. “It appears that some online pharmacies are merely asking for just one or two photos of a person before sending out weight-loss drugs—photos which can be easily edited to make the applicant look bigger and wider than they are, notes Amateur Photographer. Read the full Story >>
