Columbia Journalism Review Thursday July 9, 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 one of the world’s most influential press advocacy groups was caving to political pressure, notes the Columbia Journalism Review. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday July 9, 2026
French photographer and painter Jaques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) is best known for his black-and-white images of society at the turn-of-the-century Parisian Belle Epoque. Yet color photography formed
a significant part of his practice from an early age. Indeed, color photographs account for nearly 40 percent of his archive of more than 100,000 images. The MK Gallery's exhibition "Jacques Henri
Lartigue: Life in Color" - … Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Wednesday July 8, 2026
For years, creators were on the fringes at Creative Artists Agency, a Hollywood talent behemoth. Now the agency is putting them center stage, notes The New York Times. The agency has lately been in a sprint to expand its creator business, signing some of the biggest names, and generally repositioning what was a growing but marginal division into one of its most urgent bets. CAA and the private equity firm TPG joined to create a $250 million holding company to acquire, operate and expand businesses led by YouTubers and other creators. Read the full Story >>
Creative Boom Wednesday July 8, 2026
British-Spanish artist Almudena Romero thinks big: Inspired by the idea of anthotype—an early color photography technique developed by John Herschel, in which sunlight altered plant pigments to fix an image—she grew an 11,000-square-meter human eye into farmland near Toulouse, France, creating “pixels” with nothing but wheat and winter grasses. In her project, her camera was photosynthesis: True to the meaning of photography, notes Creative Boom, Romero was “writing with light.” Now she’s turning her image into bread. Read the full Story >>
