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1. NEWNHG_120219_001.JPG: News of the World had a 2.8 million weekly circulation when it ceased publication on July 10, 2011, because of the scandal.
2. NEWNHG_120219_011.JPG: Behind the News: Scandal Rocks News Corp: A growing phone-hacking scandal has rocked media mogul Robert Murdoch's international news empire. Murdoch's British tabloid News of the World folded on July 10, 2011, after revelations that journalists illegally accessed voice mails, including those of a murdered schoolgirl, and paid law enforcement officials for information. The tabloid, owned by Murdoch's News Corp., also has been accused of infiltrating the cellphones of Britain's royal family, celebrities and the families of dead soldiers to get "scoops" for sensational stories. In 2007, an editor and a detective employed by the newspaper were jailed for accessing the royal family's cellphone messages. Since then, dogged reporting by The Guardian and The New York Times revealed wider wrongdoing. As the controversy unfolded, several former editors of News of the World have been arrested, Britain's two top police officials have resigned, and New Corp. dropped a $12 billion bid to gain a controlling interest in the BSkyB satellite TV company.
3. NEWNHG_120219_016.JPG: Behind the News: Newspapers Fight for Survival: Revenue and Circulation Decline, but It's Not Over Yet: The headlines are grim. Some newspapers are folding, others are filing for bankruptcy, downsizing or cutting back home delivery. Are newspapers dying? Not anytime soon. Nearly 50 million newspapers are sold in the United States every day, and the industry earned double-digit profits last year, according to the Pew Research Center. In fact, many community newspapers are thriving. But sinking ad revenue and shrinking circulating coupled with the economic recession have created deep trouble for many newspapers, especially large metropolitan dailies, which have responded by slicing staff and news coverage and by moving content online. Pew predicts that a quarter of all newsroom jobs that existing in 2001 will be gone by the end of this year. What went wrong? For years, newspapers generated most of their income from classified ads and other advertising. The Internet changed everything by giving advertisers and readers more options, and more Americans now get their news online. The big question: Can newspapers find a way to convert their growing online audience into sufficient revenue to sustain the industry before their shrinking revenues from print fall too low? The forecast? There will always be a need for news, and newspapers could be viable for years to come, but the way news is produced and delivered will continue to undergo dramatic changes as the business model evolves. Here's a Different Story: Community Newspapers Thrive: Daily and weekly community and suburban newspapers are weathering economic and industry challenges better than their big-city counterparts. Advertising revenues for smaller newspapers declined by just 3.6 percent in 2008, compared to double-digit decreases for the newspaper industry overall. The ability to provide popular "hyperlocal" news, content and advertising is one reason for market strength. As the primary and sometimes only provider of local news, community newspapers "remain strong and viable,? according to the National Newspaper Association. What Gives? With fewer experienced reporters and less space for news at many newspapers, the watchdog and informational roles played by the press will suffer. Here are some trends reported by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism: * News is now going unreported in some areas. Coverage of state legislatures, Congress and international news has been dramatically reduced. * Deep cuts have resulted in feature, business and local sections being folded into the front sections of newspapers. * Large metropolitan dailies have been hurt the most. The Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Hartford Courant, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Baltimore Sun are among those that reduced the size of their newsrooms by roughly half and cover less than they once did. * A new "news ecosystem" in which newspapers play a role is taking shape in some communities, but alternate sources such as blogs, independent Web sites and public radio also provide news.
4. NEWNHG_120219_041.JPG: Egypt's Mubarak Resigns: Inspired by successful anti-government protests in Tunisia, Egyptians took to the streets in January 2011 to demand that President Hosni Mubarak step down. When Mubarak announced his resignation on Feb 11, Cairo's Al-Ahram trumpeted the news under the headline "The People Silence the Regime."
5. NEWNHG_120219_047.JPG: Japanese Earthquake: The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since record-keeping began struck the northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, triggering a deadly tsunami. Tokyo's Yomiuri Shimbun reported a magnitude of 8.8, with a "huge tsunami over 10 meters high." More than 15,000 people were killed in the disaster.
6. NEWNHG_120219_074.JPG: Rupert Murdoch used this telephone from 2002 to 2006 to run News Corporation, which includes The Times of London and The New York Post. On this phone he made deals involving nearly $20 billion, including the acquisitions of DirecTV and MySpace.com. A Global Reach: Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch has amassed the most far-flung array of media properties in the world. His News Corporation empire stretches across five continents. His acquisition of a number of television stations led to the formation in 1986 of Fox Broadcasting Co., which a decade later launched the cable- and satellite-delivered Fox News Channel. In 2007, Murdoch purchased Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
7. NEWNHG_120219_080.JPG: Al Neuharth used the typewriter at right to write the displayed memo about starting USA Today.
8. NEWNHG_120219_088.JPG: Al Neuharth memo establishing USA Today: To Project NN taskforce: The agenda for today's meeting is simple: (1) Can we design a new national daily newspaper that will grab enough readers to make it worthwhile? (2) Can we produce and print it? (via satellite). (3) Can we distribute and sell it nationwide? (4) Can we get enough advertising support? Don't waste your time on a title. If we do it, we'll call it USA TODAY. Al
9. NEWNHG_120219_090.JPG: "Remember the Maine!" Recovered remnants from the USS Maine. From left: a ladder tread, a shell casing and a sluice plate. The letter contains William Randolph Hearst's instructions to correspondent James Creelman to block the Spanish fleet from using the Suez Canal. The instructions were never carried out.
10. NEWNHG_120219_108.JPG: Freedom Ride: In 1961, Moses J. Newson was covering the historic Freedom Rides of civil rights activists in the South. On one such ride, a mob of angry whites firebombed a bus in Anniston, Ala. Newson and his fellow riders escaped, but his camera, left, was burned in the fire. Newson continued to report. "Black newspapers were born to fight for freedom and to inspire people," he said.
11. NEWNHG_120219_113.JPG: Dressed to Kill: The Ku Klux Klan often used hoods and robes to hide their identities during lynchings and other acts of terrorism against blacks and other ethnic groups. This hood was used around 1920.
12. NEWNHG_120219_120.JPG: Instruments of Oppression: Slaveholders in the American South sometimes used leg shackles, iron balls and chains like this to deter slaves from attempts to flee to freedom. Horace Greeley, William Lloyd Garrison and others used their newspapers to crusade for the abolition of slavery.
13. NEWNHG_120219_126.JPG: Frederick Douglass's pocket watch
14. NEWNHG_120219_144.JPG: Creator of an Image: Richard Harding Davis is regarded as one of the greatest war correspondents of his time. His name was synonymous with romantic adventure. Dapper, well-to-do and among the social elite, he lived in high style, even while at work. During the Boer War (1899-1902) his gear included a tent, image above, with windowpanes and a portable bathtub. At right, Davis's cigar case, pocket watch, and lighter.
15. NEWNHG_120219_150.JPG: Fleeting Fame: Arthur Kent reported on the Persian Gulf War from Saudi Arabia for NBC, usually wearing the jacket below. His life reports -- often punctuated by Scud missile and anti-missile explosions -- put a face on a faraway war. Although he achieved quick fame and a memorable nickname -- "Scud Stud" -- his moment in the limelight was short-lived. He left NBC in 1992 and later started a production company.
16. NEWNHG_120219_156.JPG: Action Figure: Floyd Gibbons, covering World War I in France, yearned to be where "the real action is." In the battle for Belleau Wood he was wounded and lost an eye while attempting to help a wounded Marine. When he moved to radio, his rapid-fire delivery rivaled his patch as a trademark. At right, Gibbons's topcoat, hat and walking stick. In photo are right, Gibbons is seen in this coat aboard ship in 1925.
17. NEWNHG_120219_162.JPG: Below, the typewriter than Ernie Pyle carried across the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific and, at left, a manuscript for one of his columns, titled "The Ways of D-E Sailors." Below left, a GI entrenching tool Pyle used when he was in the field. World-weary and unassuming, Scripps-Howard reporter Ernie Pyle wrote columns about the everyday trials and triumphs of ordinary GIs. His "worms-eye view" of warfare endeared him to soldiers and civilians alike. His death on a Pacific island in 1945 was front-page news in the United States.
18. NEWNHG_120219_183.JPG: Mark Kellogg's satchel, pencil, eyeglasses and case, recovered from the site of "Custer's Last Stand." In the Company of Soldiers: Bismarck Tribune reporter Mark Kellogg was killed in 1876 at the Little Bighorn River, along with Lt. Col. George Custer and all his troops. His final dispatch: "By the time this reaches you we will have met and fought the red devils, with what result remains to be seen. I go with Custer and will be at the death."
19. NEWNHG_120219_202.JPG: One of the cameras used by Mathew Brady
20. NEWNHG_120219_232.JPG: Tom Howard's ankle camera
21. NEWNHG_120219_244.JPG: OJ Simpson wore this jacket, shirt and tie to court on Oct. 3, 1995, the day he was acquitted. The custom-tailored suit, worth more than $2,000, and the tie were made by Italian designer Ermenegildo Zegna. Jury consultants hired by the former football star's defense team helped decide what he would wear to court each day.
22. NEWNHG_120219_249.JPG: The "natural" keyboard used by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Bill Gates, co-founder of software colossus Microsoft, invested in cyberspace journalism> He said he believed it "inevitable" that Internet publications would replace print publications. Gates played a role in developing MSNBC, a 24-hour news network on cable and the Internet, and "Slate," one of the early Internet magazines.
23. NEWNHG_120219_257.JPG: C-SPAN's first "studio" was the corner of an office in Arlington, Va. The network logo was made from these wooden characters, below, purchased at a local hardware store. At one point during a live program, the letter "S" fell off the wall.
24. NEWNHG_120219_261.JPG: A letter than Ted Turner wrote about the network's startup
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2012 photos: Equipment this year: My mainstays were the Fuji S100fs, Nikon D7000, and the new Fuji X-S1. I also used an underwater Fuji XP50 and a Nikon D600. The first three cameras all broke this year and had to be repaired. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Shepherdstown, WV, Richmond, VA, and Williamsburg, VA), a week-long family reunion cruise of the Caribbean, another week-long family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with lots of in-transit time in Ohio and Indiana), and my 7th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including side trips to Zion, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, etc). Ego strokes: I had a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post. I had a photograph of the George Segal San Francisco Holocaust memorial used as the cover of Quebec Francais (issue 165). Not being able to read French, I'm not entirely sure what the article is about but, hey! And I guess what could be considered to be a positive thing, my site is now established enough that spammers have noticed it and I had to block 17,000 file description postings for Viagra and whatever else.. Number of photos taken this year: just below 410,000.
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