27 September 2008
Bloggers: Help break James Nachtwey’s story on Oct. 3Photographer James Nachtwey will be breaking a big story on October 3 — using his powerful photographs to share a vital story that the world needs to know about. You can be part of the breaking news by adding a badge to your site.
Let your readers know that — starting October 3 — these pictures will be shown on outdoor screens around the world and online. Seeing and sharing these pictures will truly make a difference in solving the crisis that James is photographing.
[From TED | TEDBlog: Bloggers: Help break James Nachtwey's story on Oct. 3]
James Nachtwey seems to be taking a page from Steve Jobs’ playbook to fulfill the wish he made at the end of his speech at TED:
“I’m working on a story that the world needs to know about.
I wish for you to help me break it, in a way that provides spectacular proof
of the power of news photography in the digital age.”
Oct 3rd came and went, and pretty much noone seems to be talking about this. Everything is going to shit, says the collective unconscious, why bother about a petty pandemic in the making?
We’ll hear about it when it starts killing rich tourists. In the meantime, prevention? meh…
October 11, 2008 @ 12:03 am