Poynter. Friday July 10, 2026
Social media users are sharing many videos of buildings collapsing and people trapped under rubble following two massive earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24. Although many videos are authentic, notes Poynter, some are not. One video shared on X showed red laser beams appearing and moving across a grayish sky above an array of houses. “An instant before the Venezuela earthquake struck, multiple laser beams scanned the ground below,” read the June 28 post. However, social media users have shared the same video since at least March. Read the full Story >>
Wallpaper Friday July 10, 2026
Born in 1947 and raised in Yokosuka, a Japanese port city shaped by the presence of an American naval base, Myako Ishiuch became one of the few women of her generation to achieve international recognition. Her noted works include the series “Hiroshima,” for which she photographed the belongings of atomic bomb victims, and her images of artist Frida Kahlo’s personal possessions. The new monograph Miyako Ishiuchi: Traces makes the case for Ishiuchi as one of the most important photographers of the modern era, notes Wallpaper. Read the full Story >>
W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Friday July 10, 2026
The W. Eugene Smith Fund is now accepting applications for this year’s grant cycle, awarding a total of $67,500 to photographers and institutions whose work reflects W. Eugene Smith’s legacy of humanistic photography. The W. Eugene Smith Grant will award $30,000 to the recipient and $10,000 to two finalists. The W. Eugene Smith Student Grant awards $5,000 each to two student photographers, and the Howard Chapnick Grant awards $7,500 to a program (not individual) advancing photography through education. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday July 10, 2026
On June 25, Jodie Ginsberg, the chief executive of the Committee to Protect Journalists, announced that the organization was reexamining the names in its database of journalists killed in the
Israel-Gaza war. "CPJ condemns in no uncertain terms the misrepresentation of combatants as journalists or media workers--or the misuse of 'Press' insignia," Ginsberg noted. The announcement quickly
set off a widespread debate about whether … Read the full Story >>
