Not many children grow-up imagining that they will be a pickle maker. Neither did Nick Horman, but with two generations of pickle making before him he had little choice.
Author Archives: Zara Katz
Images and Online News
How important are images with online news?
Pakistan of a Different Color
Michael Hilsman is an prominent emerging painter in New York with a unique career path.
Bukharian Jews find identity in Queens
After centuries of religious and financial oppression under Soviet rule in a Muslim country, Bukharian Jews are able to acknowledge their culture and heritage in New York.
Listen to the story of Michael Robert Rubinov here.
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A journey down the Silk Road to Rego Park, Queens
For many New Yorkers, venturing to outer Queens is equivalent to a journey down the Silk Road. Long and arduous but filled with myriad cultures, spices and sites to be seen.
Cheburechnaya Restaurant on 63rd Dr. in Rego Park, is owned by Tajikistan-born Simon Sionov and is a testament to the history, geography and culture of the Bukharian Jews.
View photo essay HERE
Bukharian Restaurant Photographs
How important is it to have images with a news article?
In the modern journalism industry, often the print journalist is asked to photograph and the photographer is asked to write. The crossover between the two mediums has been expedited and simplified with the rise of modern technology and now we see both trained journalists and citizen journalists using mobile devices to report and distribute news.
But is this causing photographs in the news to suffer without the proper training to make good images or grow with the expanded accessibility? Is the value of good images being undermined or supported by the use of modern technology and the abandonment of the trained photojournalist?
A question about images in the news and tracking social media
I want to know how important good images are to the stories that you write and read?
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Form and Content: Can artists use the internet to benefit their career?
Only two-thirds of artists receive any type of payment for their art work (Pew 2004). In an economy where artists are out of work twice as often as the rest of the workforce, what are the solutions to remedy this problem?