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How Photography Can Help Restore Confidence in Journalism

Since 2005, nearly 2200 newspapers across the United States have shuttered, and newspaper jobs have plummeted nearly 57%. Photojournalists have been hit hard by the cuts. But now a new business model is hoping to reverse the trend—and not just support photojournalism, but revive local media as well.

Ninety minutes north of New York City along the Hudson River, in a small, nondescript churchyard, lies the grave of famed photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. Inscribed on the dark stone of the marker are these words: “Let Truth be the Prejudice”.

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