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shoutTuesday, 26 March, 2013 - 10:30Dear All, Some sad news: today is my last day at Demotix. Corbis and I have agreed that my work with Demotix is done, and that it's time for the company to grow under different management. The rest of the team stays with you: you're in great hands. It has been 5 yrs, 1.3million images, 12 million visitors, 100,000 stories and a community grown to 45,000 people since I first thrashed out the idea in an attic. And it has also been 5 yrs of extraordinary friendships. More than anything else, I...24 Comments2,051 Views
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shoutFriday, 22 February, 2013 - 17:34French photojournalist and Demotix contributor Olivier Voisin died Sunday, Feb. 25, from injuries in northern Syria. He was 38 years old. He never regained consciousness following an operation on Friday. One familiar with the situation tells Demotix that on Saturday, doctors in the Turkish border city where Voisin was initially operated on deemed it too dangerous to transfer him to Paris for further treatment. French journalist Antoine Vitkine has posted the text of an email Voisin sent to a...14 Comments2,393 Views
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shoutThursday, 29 November, 2012 - 11:22When we hear about a Demotix contributor in trouble, we tend to try to work quietly to help however we can. But since some of you may have seen the story about the recent arrest of a Demotix contributor in New York City, we thought we'd share a quick update on the status of the photographer, Angel Zayas. Angel, who had been photographing police perform an unrelated arrest in a crowded subway, says he was arrested, taken to a police precinct and cited for "disorderly conduct" and "excessive...9 Comments4,036 Views
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shoutMonday, 19 November, 2012 - 12:00A BIG welcome to Corey, our new Editor-in-Chief! We're hugely excited to have him on board. You'll see why from here: http://coreypein.net/ or follow him on twitter here: https://twitter.com/coreypein Corey will be taking over all our newsgathering operations and our partnerships, plus he's going to be responsible for making Demotix.com simply purr... HLRS Turi26 Comments3,441 Views
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shoutWednesday, 14 November, 2012 - 14:36Dear All, Some big news... Corbis, after investing in us in 2011, is acquiring the whole company to better integrate us into their global news operation. You can read the press release here. The acquisition represents an enormous step towards our goal of becoming a truly competitive international photojournalism agency. Corbis have been extremely supportive partners over the last 18 months, and the results of our collaboration are plain for all to see: doubling our contributor base, doubling...9 Comments10,504 Views
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shoutWednesday, 24 October, 2012 - 17:27Written by Jessica Korman, Demotix Publisher in Jerusalem. After three years of hard work from all of our contributors and the staff at Demotix we recently hit the milestone of publishing our first million images! We could not have done this without all of your contributions such as the image below by Mahmoud Illean who had the honour of uploading our millionth image: Caption: Palestinian protesters hurl stones towards the Israeli soldiers during clashes outside Israel’s Ofer military prison,...8 Comments1,343 Views
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shoutWednesday, 17 October, 2012 - 13:19Editor-in-Chief Demotix is looking for a new editor-in-chief to lead our newsgathering, look after our network of global contributors, and help us grow our audience around the world. You’ll be based in London, sit at the very heart of the organization, and report directly to the CEO. Salary: £27k - £32k depending on experience. We’re looking for someone full of ideas, with a head for global news, an eye for a picture, a sense for UX, and a real handle on the online. We need a people-person...1 Comments2,545 Views
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shoutThursday, 11 October, 2012 - 10:15We still can’t get anyone to pronounce our name properly, and still can’t seem to settle down (office number 9), but 4 yrs after launching in January 2009, we’ve come a long way. What started as a simple idea – to create a safe platform for free speech that doubled as a new wire-service for the news – has grown up. We’re not quite adults yet, but reckon we’ve hit bolshy adolescence. Last week, we broke 75,000 stories. Today, we broke a million images. From our first front page (thank you,...5 Comments1,466 Views
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shoutWednesday, 10 October, 2012 - 16:31This year Demotix has partnered with Blog Action Day, which is a free annual event whose aim is to “unite the world’s bloggers by posting about the same issue on the same day, in order to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue that impacts us all.” Last year there were 108 countries involved with over 4,000 blogs registered to take part including the official Whitehouse blog, leading NGOs & social media organisations, blogging networks and individual...0 Comments825 Views
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shoutTuesday, 9 October, 2012 - 17:46Demotix are very proud to announce that one of our photojournalists, Ahmed Al Fardan, has won the 09 SALON Bronze Award for his very moving image, Bahrain Every Day: Ahmed Al Fardan submitted his photograph to an exhibition organised by Photoclub Bor, a company founded by “enthusiastic photographers on a mission to introduce the world of photography to ordinary people which do not practice photography but enjoy watching it.” The ‘Man and Work 2012’ exhibition was sponsored by FIAP and PSA...1 Comments1,101 Views
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adviceFri, 17/05/2013 - 17:08Blog Post Via Corbis: “I’m not as interested in conflict as I’m interested in change, ” states Bryan Denton when asked what it is he finds interesting to shoot in the Middle East. “The Arab world, and the greater Islamic world …” he pauses, “I...0 Comments172 Views
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shoutTue, 26/03/2013 - 10:30Dear All, Some sad news: today is my last day at Demotix. Corbis and I have agreed that my work with Demotix is done, and that it's time for the company to grow under different management. The rest of the team stays with you: you're in great hands....24 Comments2,051 Views
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shoutFri, 22/02/2013 - 17:34French photojournalist and Demotix contributor Olivier Voisin died Sunday, Feb. 25, from injuries in northern Syria. He was 38 years old. He never regained consciousness following an operation on Friday. One familiar with the situation tells...14 Comments2,393 Views
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adviceFri, 17/05/2013 - 17:08Blog Post Via Corbis: “I’m not as interested in conflict as I’m interested in change, ” states Bryan Denton when asked what it is he finds interesting to shoot in the Middle East. “The Arab world, and the greater Islamic world …” he pauses, “I...0 Comments172 Views
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shoutTue, 26/03/2013 - 10:30Dear All, Some sad news: today is my last day at Demotix. Corbis and I have agreed that my work with Demotix is done, and that it's time for the company to grow under different management. The rest of the team stays with you: you're in great hands....24 Comments2,051 Views
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shoutFri, 22/02/2013 - 17:34French photojournalist and Demotix contributor Olivier Voisin died Sunday, Feb. 25, from injuries in northern Syria. He was 38 years old. He never regained consciousness following an operation on Friday. One familiar with the situation tells...14 Comments2,393 Views
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The following tips are based on commonly accepted editorial values adopted by most mainstream media.
Visual journalists operate as trustees of the public. Our primary role is to report visually on the significant events and varied viewpoints in our common world. Our primary goal is the faithful and comprehensive depiction of the subject at hand. As visual journalists, we have the responsibility to document society and to preserve its history through images.
On our Editorial ethics for photojournalists page we have put together a list commonly accepted editorial values adopted by most mainstream media.