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America’s Shrinking Local Newsrooms, Through a Photographer’s Lens
For many journalists, the sight of empty desks is a sadly familiar one. My first glimpse of a gutted newsroom facing further cutbacks sparked a documentary photography project that has so far taken me to more than 50 newsrooms across the United States over the past eight years. It began when my mother, a loyal subscriber to our local metro in southern Illinois, told me a decade ago how disappointed she was in the newspaper.
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At This NYC Sumo Club, 'Everybody Gets Thrown'
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At This NYC Sumo Club, 'Everybody Gets Thrown'
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At This N.Y.C. Sumo Club, 'Everybody Gets Thrown' Original
After three years of work, the New York Sumo Club held its first tournament for amateur students of the ancient combat sport. Credit... Standing proudly at 5 feet 7 inches, Angelo Jesus Lizardi might as well have been on a quest to battle Goliath as he stepped into a sumo fighting ring on a recent bright Saturday evening in the courtyard of Japan Village in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He is a muscular wrestler, but compared to his opponent, he is also, well, small.
At a Brooklyn Warehouse, Robots Are Reshaping the Grocery-Delivery Business
By | Photographs and videos by Ann Hermes for WSJ Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:27 This article is in your queue. Robots are coming to compete with your neighborhood grocery store. And the company behind this technology says shoppers will save nearly one-third on their grocery bills.
Umgang mit Low Performern
Effektive Strategien im Umgang mit Low Performern am Arbeitsplatz. Leistungsabfall, Ziele werden nicht erreicht, die Motivation ist nicht mehr vorhanden - Low Performer können das Potenzial eines Teams als auch das eines gesamten Unternehmens beeinträchtige. Welche Strategien gibt es, damit Manager:innen und Führungskräfte mit weniger leistungsstarken Mitarbeiter:innen effektiv umgehen können und insgesamt die Produktivität und Zufriedenheit im Team steigern?
The Last Days of the Local Paper Original
Last August, police in Kansas executed questionable search warrants on the offices of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper that has been publishing since 1869, along with the homes of the publisher and a local city councilwoman. At issue was how the paper obtained a local businesswoman’s driving record, which revealed the woman had had her license revoked for a DUI offense; she had been seeking a liquor license for her Marion restaurant.
Photo finish 2022: A year of insight and connection
An Andean plateau. A Ukrainian church. A Florida swamp. These are just a few places brought to life for readers by Monitor photographers in the past year. Our photographers hope that all their images make an impression on readers. But the team’s favorite photos of the year “left a mark on us in some memorable way,” says Director of Photography Alfredo Sosa. “They touched you, or surprised you.” Why We Wrote This Good photojournalism doesn’t belong to the photographer alone.
In Pictures: Are New York’s restaurant sheds here to stay?
Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer Server Nahidur Rahman sets out candles under the pergola erected by the restaurant SAINT for outdoor dining in New York. Quick Read Deep Read ( 1 Min. ) By Ann Hermes Staff photographer September 23, 2022 | New York The streets of New York have always been jampacked, but since the pandemic, they’ve also been full of outdoor dining sheds. During lockdown, these structures kept many restaurants in business.
2021 in pictures: Monitor photographers reflect on year of resilience
Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer Search for: December 23, 2021 Two ways to read the story Quick Read Deep Read ( 5 Min. ) By Alfredo Sosa Director of photography Melanie Stetson Freeman Staff photographer Ann Hermes Staff photographer “This time last year, most of us were preparing – or at least hoping – for 2021 to bring a return to ‘normal,’” says Alfredo Sosa, the Monitor’s director of photography.
In Pictures: Drive-ins, dusk, and dashboards
Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer Search for: Ann Hermes/Staff From left, Amy Taylor, Ally Malick, Leuwam Tesfai, and Emily Rodrigues play games before a showing of “Rushmore” at Electric Dusk Drive-In. June 28, 2021 By Ann Hermes Staff photographer Los Angeles The Glendale parking lot is filling up quickly as Xavier Sanchez carefully directs another car into just the right spot.
Oakland School Board Unanimously Votes to Disband Its Own Police Force
The Oakland Unified School District unanimously voted on Wednesday evening to disband its own police department. The measure passed by the school board will redirect a police budget of $2.5 million to other programs for students. Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell supported the move. “As an educator, I know that students and staff must be safe physically and emotionally.
Organizers of 2020's May Day Actions Are Planning a People's Strike for June 1
Permutations of disaster are bearing down with such velocity on working-class people in the United States, it’s not easy to keep abreast — of the harms, but also of the welcome initiatives.
Social distancing? COVID-19 made it real. Ham radio made it a hobby.
You’re logged in, the Zoom meeting underway, and suddenly faces freeze. The best you can do: Reboot the router and cross your fingers. You’re on the phone with a friend, deep in conversation, and the audio gets garbled as the bars on your phone drop from one to none. Technology can fail us at inconvenient times. But imagine a communications technology that could hold up even in the most rugged and remote situations. It exists, and it’s much older than the smartphone.
Adivina dónde estamos
Para saber qué lugar describe cada punto del reportaje, al final del texto encontrarás un quiz con tres posibles respuestas a los 12 destinos seleccionados. Descubre si eres un viajero sagaz y experimentado o si te faltan aún muchos kilómetros en la mochila. Juergen Sack Getty Images El paraíso tiene nombre catalán Es la primera playa española que despunta en la lista de mejores arenales de 2020 de la web de viajes TripAdvisor.
China Will Launch Its Own National Parks System in 2020
The pilot park, Sanjiangyuan, sits in the Tibetan Plateau (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) Earlier this year, we wrote a guide to the best international national parks. We curated go-to protected areas for everything from abseiling to birding, including parks like Australia’s Blue Mountains National Park and Thailand’s Khao Sok National Park.
Despite Federal Protections, Rape Victims Still Get Billed for Forensic Exams
Six years ago, Erin was a newly minted graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, working three part-time jobs and adjusting to life as a non-student. She stopped in for a drink one night at a restaurant in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood, where she got into a conversation with a guy. The next thing she remembers clearly was awakening at home the next morning, aching, covered in bruises, with a swollen lip.
Distance tells a story in ‘Merrie Albion’
During many public events, a ring of crouching news photographers can be seen pressing uncomfortably close to the action, almost pouncing to create images they hope convey immediacy and intimacy through proximity. Photos that end up on front pages often place the subject front and center in an attempt to spark a connection with the action. While these images can grab our attention, they can also lack context, leaving so much out of the frame.
'Modern Color' shows how Fred Herzog captured an era in living color
—Fred Herzog might not be a household name in the photography world, but his work holds its own against the likes of Walker Evans and William Eggleston, two photographers with whom Herzog shares an aesthetic. The images in Modern Color offer lovely, quiet vignettes of everyday life on the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the 1960s and ’70s. Herzog offers up a body of street photography created before it was a recognized genre.
Meet a new breed of prosecutor
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. The new district attorney of Nueces County here in southern Texas strolls around the local courthouse in cowboy boots and a crisp brown suit with a colorful tie and matching pocket square, flashing a smile as wide as the grille of the Ford F-350 pickup he drives. On the surface, at least, he seems like your stereotypical Texas lawman – the one you see in movies wearing a Stetson and spurs, delivering justice and colloquial quips through a lip filled with chewing tobacco.
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In the words of Ann Hermes, MA ’08, “Photographing this story, getting there and getting access were the most difficult tasks. Some of the areas were remote, and some kiln owners are not happy to see foreign media attempting to uncover their bad practices. Once I was there and everyone was on board with being photographed, it was just a matter of getting in there and getting dirty.” Q: What is a normal week like at the Christian Science Monitor?
15 under 15: Rising stars in cybersecurity
The Christian Science Monitor's Passcode traveled across the country to meet these hacker kids who are hunting software bugs, protecting school networks, and helping to safeguard electrical grids. —Kids born after the year 2000 have never lived a day without the internet. Everything in their lives is captured in silicon chips and chronicled on Facebook. Algorithms track how quickly they complete their homework; their text message confessions and #selfies are whisked to the cloud.
15 under 15: Rising stars in cybersecurity
Story by Sara Sorcher and photos and videos by Ann Hermes.To see the project in its original form, visit projects.csmonitor.com/hackerkids Kids born after the year 2000 have never lived a day without the internet. Everything in their lives is captured in silicon chips and chronicled on Facebook. Algorithms track how quickly they complete their homework; their text message confessions and #selfies are whisked to the cloud.
Video: How to create a secure password, as told by a 12 year old
—Mira Modi is a 12-year-old entrepreneur who wants to make the world safer one secure password at a time. While the average person has 19 to 25 passwords, easy-to-remember passwords are also really easy to guess – or crack.
'William Eggleston Portraits' is a body of work that keeps you guessing
The surreal images of American photographer William Eggleston are likely to leave viewers unsatisfied, and that is a high compliment. Working mostly in the South in the 1960s and ’70s, Eggleston captured images that often seem like movie stills from a film you’ve never seen. Eggleston's compositions of mundane objects and faces will leave you trying to piece together a story that will never be fully clear.
Video: A bitcoin allowance teaches spending and security
Tuxavant and Kryptina attend r00tz Asylum and DEF CON 24, one of the world's largest hacker conventions in Bally's Hotel & Casino on August 7, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kryptina is one of the world's youngest users of the digital currency bitcoin. Her dad gives her a bitcoin allowance as a lesson in online security and money management. —Like many other kids, Kryptina gets an allowance when she does her chores. But hers is not in cash.
Podcast: What it takes to succeed in the cybersecurity business
—The cybersecurity industry is expected to be worth up to $175 billion globally by 2020, a huge increase from the $75 billion spent to boost digital defenses last year. But even with all the money going toward shoring up online security, criminals continue to penetrate the most sophisticated security systems to steal valuable data from companies and governments around the world. So how can organizations and individuals protecting themselves?
How to build ideal candidates for the cybersecurity jobs of the future
In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service for IBM: Lauded by the U.S. Department of Education and President Obama, the IBM-inspired P-TECH school in Brooklyn, NY, where teens earn both a community college degree and high school diploma in as little as four years, graduated 27 students last evening at the commencement exercises held by the New York City College of Technology (City University of New York's "City Tech") at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 2, 2016.
How to build ideal candidates for the cybersecurity jobs
In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service for IBM: Lauded by the U.S. Department of Education and President Obama, the IBM-inspired P-TECH school in Brooklyn, NY, where teens earn both a community college degree and high school diploma in as little as four years, graduated 27 students last evening at the commencement exercises held by the New York City College of Technology (City University of New York's "City Tech") at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 2, 2016.
How to build ideal candidates for all those cybersecurity jobs
In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service for IBM: Lauded by the U.S. Department of Education and President Obama, the IBM-inspired P-TECH school in Brooklyn, NY, where teens earn both a community college degree and high school diploma in as little as four years, graduated 27 students last evening at the commencement exercises held by the New York City College of Technology (City University of New York's "City Tech") at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 2, 2016.
How to build ideal candidates for all those cybersecurity job openings
In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service for IBM: Lauded by the U.S. Department of Education and President Obama, the IBM-inspired P-TECH school in Brooklyn, NY, where teens earn both a community college degree and high school diploma in as little as four years, graduated 27 students last evening at the commencement exercises held by the New York City College of Technology (City University of New York's "City Tech") at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 2, 2016.
Video: Why more kids are becoming 'white hat' hackers
CyFi, 15, is one of the most prominent young ethical hackers in the country. One striking theme from Passcode's profile of 15 hackers under 15 years old: The kids all had a strong sense of ethics – and a desire to create a safer digital future for their peers – rather than create chaos online for pranks. —In its first major multimedia piece, Passcode profiled 15 hackers under 15 years old.
Video: More kids are becoming 'white hat' hackers
CyFi, 15, is one of the most prominent young ethical hackers in the country. One striking theme from Passcode's profile of 15 hackers under 15 years old: The kids all had a strong sense of ethics – and a desire to create a safer digital future for their peers – rather than create chaos online for pranks. —In its first major multimedia piece, Passcode profiled 15 hackers under 15 years old.
Video: So you want to be a hacker? Advice from the kids of DEF CON
Passcode caught up with some of the kids at r00tz Asylum to get their advice: What's the first step other kids – or anyone, really – should take if they want to be a hacker? At 400-years old, could this shark be the longest living vertebrate? How has Olympics, Week 1 shaped up for the refugee team? NFL turns down Cowboys' wish to sport decals in support of Dallas police Russia accuses Ukraine of terrorism in Crimea, where Russia is building (+video) These are hacker kids.
Voices from the Republican National Convention: What does a "great America" look like?
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Trump, echoing Nixon, ratchets up 'law and order' message (+video)
Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Monday said that Nixon’s ’68 acceptance speech will be the model for Trump’s effort later this week. But the national conversation is far different today. Cleveland Police officers monitor the area near the Quicken Loans Arena where the Republican National Convention is taking place on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.
Nepal's earthquake: push to rebuild without the hand of child labor
Child labor often spikes following natural disasters. Nepal wants to break that mold and help kids like Dorje Lama. Dorje Lama loads bricks with Ajmal Hasan, a mule owner, at the Rakta Kali brick kiln in the district of Dhading, Nepal. As many as 60,000 children work in brick kilns across the country. This story was designed to be read on the Monitor's long-form platform. Click here for that version.
Nepal's earthquake: a push to rebuild without the hand of child labor
Child labor often spikes following natural disasters. Nepal wants to break that mold and help kids like Dorje Lama. Not just Britain: It turns out French Euroskepticism is on the rise too Dorje Lama loads bricks with Ajmal Hasan, a mule owner, at the Rakta Kali brick kiln in the district of Dhading, Nepal. As many as 60,000 children work in brick kilns across the country. This story was designed to be read on the Monitor's long-form platform. Click here for that version.
Two colleges where diversity works
How two schools foster inclusiveness in an era when students want more than just a multiracial campus. Carolina Covenant student Tatiana Colón and student Alexander Clayton talk on the steps of the library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kelly Hogan was stunned.
Where college diversity works
How two schools foster inclusiveness in an era when students want more than just a multiracial campus. Kelly Hogan was stunned. The biology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) saw statistics generated by the university that showed something sobering about her Biology 101 class: More than 70 percent of the African-American students and more than 40 percent of Latinos were failing.
One year after Nepal's devasting quake, victims still wait to rebuild
The Nepali government has yet to rebuild a single permanent house or school destroyed in the April 25 quake, the country's worst natural disaster in eight decades. Hom Bahadur stands next to the ruins of his former home in Amppipal, Nepal, a village about 15 miles southwest of the epicenter of the April 25, 2015, earthquake. Hom Bahadur Basnet walks with the help of a cane through the rubble of his former home, a two-story house built of stone and plaster.
One year after Nepal's deadly quake, still waiting to rebuild
The Nepali government has yet to rebuild a single permanent house or school destroyed in the April 25 quake, the country's worst natural disaster in eight decades. Hom Bahadur stands next to the ruins of his former home in Amppipal, Nepal, a village about 15 miles southwest of the epicenter of the April 25, 2015, earthquake. Hom Bahadur Basnet walks with the help of a cane through the rubble of his former home, a two-story house built of stone and plaster.
Nepal earthquake anniversary
Shanta Basnet pours water from the family tap outside their temporary shelter in Amppipal, Nepal. Reconstruction after the earthquake in April 2015 is slow as the government has stalled in distributing aid to both Kathmandu and the villages damaged near the epicenter. Hom Bahadur Basnet on stands next to the ruins of his home in the village of Amppipal, about 15 miles from the epicenter of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Lessons on digital security and privacy from SXSW
Amid the national debate over encryption and the battle between the FBI and Apple, cybersecurity and digital privacy were hot topics for the tens of thousands of digerati who flocked to Austin for the 2016 South by Southwest Interactive festival. When President Obama took the stage on the opening day of the South By Southwest Interactive festival, he sought to sell the throngs of entrepreneurs and coders on public service.
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Hackers in training
Students from two of the world’s top universities raced to conquer a range of cybersecurity challenges at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From the archives: An interview with George Martin, 'the Fifth Beatle' Amazon gets even closer to doing its own shipping MIT student Michael Choi tries to forge QR codes during Friday evening’s leg of the Cambridge 2 Cambridge hackathon at MIT’s Stata Center on March 4, 2016. You might not expect to find Gregory Falco at a hackathon.
Groupmuse offers a classical ‘party in a box’
Groupmuse acts as an online social connector between musicians, hosts, and audiences, and it could be coming to a city near you now that it recently finished a Kickstarter fundraising campaign. As the living room and kitchen fill with more than 30 strangers and a handful of musicians, Stacey Bader Curry and David Kane are smiling. The couple has opened up their home to host a classical music pop-up concert known as a groupmuse.
Our best photos of the year 2015
Avery Barr made a face as she tried to answer a question from Azalea Queen Mallory Hagan while getting an autograph at the 68th Azalea Festival in Wilmington, N.C., on April 8. Syrian refugees searched for directions on their phone while traveling through the woods near the Hungarian border in Martonoš, Serbia, on June 2. A refugee from Afghanistan rested at a makeshift camp before he continued on his way to the Hungarian border in Subotica, Serbia, on June 2.
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