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Photographer Carol Guzy and master lecturer of journalism Greg Marinovich talk during a Nov. 1 event at Boston University. Guzy won the The Hugo Shong Lifetime Journalism Achievement Award, presented by the College of Communication to journalists with “the highest quality of reporting and analysis.” HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

COM honors esteemed photojournalist Carol Guzy with Hugo Shong Award

Nikhil Gupta November 6, 2023
Four-time Pulitzer prize winner, photojournalist Carol Guzy accepted her Hugo Shong award for lifetime achievement, presented by COM on Nov. 1.
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Shoot happens: A Fall preview of FreeP photography

Conor Kelley August 31, 2021
The Daily Free Press photo section returns to a revitalized fall semester with cameras at the ready.
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EDITORIAL: Journalists especially must exercise duty to vote

Editors November 3, 2020
We are the protectors of democracy, and in turn, the founding document of our democracy works to protect us. In this way, journalism and democracy are intertwined, so it would only be responsible for journalists to participate fully in it.
EDITORIAL: Elitism pervades journalism, and it damages the industry

EDITORIAL: Elitism pervades journalism, and it damages the industry

Editors October 26, 2020
Our newsrooms are as elitist as any other industry in the country, but if we are to deliver all the compelling stories we aim to tell, we must shift our focus when determining who gets to hold the pen.
EDITORIAL: The Tab's "must read," a lesson in journalistic ethics

EDITORIAL: The Tab’s “must read,” a lesson in journalistic ethics

Editors October 6, 2015

Boston University’s chapter of the online college news site The Tab posted what they called “A Must Read” piece on their Facebook page Monday morning. The piece, entitled “Fearless BU photographer...

Director Wim Wenders talks with photographer Sebastião Salgado, the subject of his new documentary, “Salt of the Earth.” PHOTO COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS

REVIEW: “The Salt of the Earth” a stunning lens on photographer’s life, life’s work

Steve Friedman April 10, 2015

Wim Wenders’ first words in “The Salt of the Earth” are instantly captivating: “A photographer is someone literally drawing with light.” It’s an apt opening phrase, as the film itself draws...

LATIMER: What was that cannon?

Daily Free Press Admin April 17, 2013

TRIGGER WARNING: The following column is a graphic retelling of what my friend and I saw at the finish line at the Boston Marathon. I went to the marathon with my best friends Alex, Paul, Leah and Sam....

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