Author: Daniel Hentz
Emily Atkin is pissed off about climate change. Her new newsletter Heated says we all should be
Fed up, pissed off and ready to act on climate injustice. That’s the direction Emily Atkin is taking her new climate change newsletter, Heated. After two and a half years […]
How to grow your brand as a photojournalist and commercial photographer
There are ethical and visual distinctions between photojournalism and commercial photography and knowing how to edit photos for each discipline can keep any freelance photographer in business. Adam Glanzman has […]
Six digital skills all new journalists should consider learning and a road map to unlocking them
If you’re new to journalism, as I am, you may have noticed that the industry is in the midst of growing pains right now. If you’re currently studying for the […]
What do freelance writers make?
Freelance journalism can be tough work. Stories that otherwise take a week or two to create, edit and upload to your blog may take twice or three times as long […]
How I analyzed two months of climate change coverage
For a long time, climate change seemed to me to be neglected by the media. There always seemed to be this knee-jerk reaction to treat environmental stories as niche. But […]
Ears to the pavement: What Bostonians are saying about the 2018 midterm elections
If you haven’t heard already, this midterm election cycle could be the most contentious yet. Many who oppose the choices of the current administration are praying for the prospect of […]
Eight ways journalists are visualizing the wildfires in California
California officials and firefighters are becoming increasingly concerned that the drier, windier conditions spurred on by the warming climate will make wildfires more devastating and their seasons longer. But are […]
How the documentary “The Naked Truth: Wasteland” explored Scott Pruitt and the fossil fuel lobby.
Shortly after Donald Trump’s election, when Scott Pruitt took the reins at the Environmental Protection Agency, longtime EPA staffers began seeing a severe scaling back of the protections they were […]
Using maps, kayaks and notebooks to understand the biodiversity and resilience of Boston’s coastline
On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Donald Trump talked a lot about revitalizing America’s crumbling infrastructure. Other issues, however, have since crowded out the monumental task of addressing this aging […]
How the Center for Public Integrity is using surveys to report on tick-borne illness and climate change
With the northeastern United States on the brink of summer, bug spray will soon be flying off the shelves as hikers, bikers and others prepare for adventures outdoors. But, inevitably, […]
Six visualizations that explore the extent of overfishing around the world
The global demand for fish is suffocating our oceans. More than 55 percent of the seawater that covers this planet is trawled or lined with hooks in some manner, and […]
How to export photos from Lightroom
Exporting from Lightroom is a game of inputs and outputs. That is, the sizes, resolutions, and file types you designate to a photo during the export process (input) will, in […]
Ten principles for photojournalists
It’s bound to happen. Sometime in your career as a budding photojournalist you will encounter the challenge and privilege of building a relationship with another human being in order to […]