Nieman Lab Friday March 20, 2026
In 2020, after five years at Vox, journalist Johnny Harris left to start his own YouTube channel. Today, the channel he built with his wife Iz, featuring “videos that help you better understand the world,” has more than 7.5 million subscribers. Now, notes Nieman Lab, they are using what they’ve learned to build a business that helps other creator-journalists. Last month, they announced the public launch of Newpress, a production company and community platform for creator journalists. Read the full Story >>
British Wildlife Photography Awards Friday March 20, 2026
Photographer Paul Hobson is the grand prize winner of the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards for his black-and-white photo of a toad swimming in a pond n Sheffield, England. What make the image unique is its perspective—Hobson shot it from below, placing his camera in a homemade glass box and submerging it in the pond. He operated the shutter with an adapted long cable release. “I am lucky to have a pond close to my house that has relatively clear water,” Hobson notes. Read the full Story >>
KICKSTARTER Friday March 20, 2026
Are you shooting with film, but wouldn’t mind having a digital fallback? An innovative new cube camera could be the answer, notes PetaPixel. The Ligar by Escura fits onto any film camera with a hotshoe and takes a photo when the shutter is released—and apparently this is something people want, because crowdfunding for the camera on Kickstarter raised $24,000, far more than its initial $5,000 goal. Escura is perhaps best-known for its Instant 60s camera and last year unveiled an unusual credit card-shaped camera called InstantSnap. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday March 20, 2026
What's real and what's not? The difference matters, especially during a war. This week we noted that AI chatbots were having trouble determining the authenticity of a viral photo showing the cemetery
of Minab, Iran, seen as it prepared to bury more than 100 of the town's young girls killed by US bombing, (The photo was real.) The story emerged as fake videos and … Read the full Story >>
