''The Digital Journalist'' was a monthly online magazine about

photojournalism Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

which was launched in 1997 by

Dirck Halstead Dirck Storm Halstead (December 24, 1936March 25, 2022) was an American photojournalist. He was editor and publisher of '' The Digital Journalist,'' an online photojournalism magazine. Early life Halstead was born in Huntington, New York, on Dec ...

, its editor and publisher. The site provided an online venue for visual storytellers covering a wide range of topics and showcases the work, in photography, videos, and words, of notable photojournalists, print journalists, and young video filmmakers. It also provided updates on current issues and news in the world of photography and commentary involving photojournalism in general and video journalism in particular. Among the staff and regular contributors were several

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

winners. The site had an average monthly page count of 150-plus, and more than 2.5 million unique visits per issue. It was ranked within the top 100 metric sites worldwide. The

Online News Association The Online News Association (ONA), founded in 1999, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of digital journalists headquartered in Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., United States. The founding members first convened in December 1999 in Chicago. ...

honored ''The Digital Journalist'' twice with its top prize. ''The Digital Journalist'' ended publication in 2009 with Issue 147 January/February 2010.

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''The Digital Journalist''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Digital Journalist Monthly magazines published in the United States Online magazines published in the United States Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines about the media Magazines established in 1997 Magazines disestablished in 2009 Works about photojournalism