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Paula Bronstein. The former Hartford Courant staffer who took an early buyout to become a photojournalist based in Thailand is out with a new book.
Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear, is published by the University of Texas Press. It is a photo essay of daily life in Afghanistan. UT is a significant publisher of books on photography and the school’s collection of photography is one of the most important in the country. A write up of Bronstein’s book is featured on the New York Times photography blog known as Lens.
H/T – Shana Sureck
Robert Chatfield, Sr. The well known Litchfield County broadcaster died last week in a car crash on Route 112 in Salisbury. He worked for several years at WQQQ-FM before it became a public radio station.
H/T – Tom Dudchik
Matt DeRienzo. The new journalism evangelist, formerly of the New Haven Register and now the executive director of Local Independent Online News Publishers, is interviewed this week by Poynter on the rise “indie news sites.” The interview comes a month before LION Publishers’ annual conference in Chicago(Sept. 29 – Oct. 1).
