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David Stephenson

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Associate Prof., Photojournalism and Multimedia, School of Journalism & Media, University of Kentucky. Random school stuff here. And 🐦. iPhone mostly.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 18/09/2026
What will we do when all the newsrooms go dark? From Teri Carter kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/18/w...
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What will we do when all the newsrooms go dark? • Kentucky Lantern
Late last week, the Lexington Herald-Leader gutted its newsroom.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 17/09/2026
KY lawmakers censored universities, then shielded their own records kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/17/k...
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KY lawmakers censored universities, then shielded their own records • Kentucky Lantern
What happens when politicians dislike what a professor teaches, an employee says, or a university prints?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
Yes, you can use cinema film for everyday photos. But should you? We shot nine rolls to find out. If you're interested in a film Odyssey of your own, read Wirecutter's full review: nyti.ms/4A2oaix
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Anyone Can Use the Film Christopher Nolan Shot ‘The Odyssey’ With
Yes, you can use cinema film for everyday photos. But should you? We shot nine rolls to find out.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 02/07/2026
In historic shift, struggling Kentucky newspaper gets tax approval to become a nonprofit  kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/02/i...
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In historic shift, struggling Kentucky newspaper gets tax approval to become a nonprofit  • Kentucky Lantern
The Woodford Sun in Versailles is the first legacy newspaper in Kentucky to become a nonprofit.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.
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Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
If you never read the book or saw the movie, you missed one of the greatest Pulitzer Prize winning sagas ever written. To dishonor Alex Haley like this is disgraceful.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 11/05/2026
Editor’s Notebook: It’s a legitimate question. What is really going on at UK? @lblackford.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/05/11/e...
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Editor’s Notebook: It’s a legitimate question. What is really going on at UK? • Kentucky Lantern
The University of Kentucky is in the middle of a vast, poorly explained reorganization, in which major swathes of the university are being put into limited liability companies.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 07/05/2026
Jane Stephenson, founder of the New Opportunity School for Women, dies at 88 kentuckylantern.com/2026/05/07/j...
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Jane Stephenson, founder of the New Opportunity School for Women, dies at 88 • Kentucky Lantern
Jane Stephenson, founder of the New Opportunity School for Women and the longtime First Lady of Berea College, died on May 2, 2026 after a brief illness, according to her family. She was 88.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“.. for most Trump investors, the year has been brutal. But .. for the President and his family, the money-making shows no sign of slowing.” @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
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The National Press Photographers Association @nppa.org · 29/01/2026
NPPA warns its members of an extremely broad NOTAM, or Notice to Airmen, imposing Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) on drone use within 3,000 feet laterally and 1,000 feet above ground level of facilities and “mobile assets,” including “ground vehicle convoys,”…
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I didn’t need another reason to hate Steven miller but here we are.
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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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The National Press Photographers Association @nppa.org · 16/01/2026
“They just do what they want,” said Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for National Press Photographers Association, who filed an amicus brief in the case. — @nppa.org entered the chat.
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‘Have y’all not learned?’ Agents accused of getting more aggressive as ICE pushback grows
Local attorneys are fielding dozens of complaints that ICE has wrongfully detained, threatened and physically abused bystanders amid the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in Minneso...
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, describes what a "radically truthful" journalism would look like. www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-bui...
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How to build a radically truthful news outlet
The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson:

Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?"

Anderson: "I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"
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Sarah Ladd @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns attacks on journalists by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, during a federal operation in St. Paul.

At least three local photojournalists were injured by less-lethal munitions deployed by St. Paul police officers while covering the story. One was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. All three journalists were clearly identified as press with badges and/or vests, in addition to having cameras in hand, clearly at work. All three photojournalists and multiple other local journalists on scene were also injured by chemical irritants.

Kerem Yücel, with MPR News, was hit by a less-lethal munition in the shoulder and was transported to a hospital by ambulance. He has since been released and is recovering. Tim Evans, a freelance photojournalist with Reuters, was struck in the stomach with a pepper ball round. Aaron Nesheim, a photojournalist with Sahan Journal, was struck in the head with a pepper ball round. Evans and Nesheim did not require hospitalization.

The three journalists hit by munitions shared with MNSPJ that they believe they were targeted by law enforcement for doing their jobs. Photojournalists are on the frontlines of documenting history and it is imperative that they are kept safe and their First Amendment rights are protected.

Attacking journalists sends a message to both journalists and everyday citizens that their First Amendment rights will not be respected. The First Amendment protects the rights of journalists to report on their communities and provide information that communities need — information that, on Tuesday, was not transparently available from any law enforcement agency.

We demand answers from St. Paul city leadership about why the city’s police department attacked our colleagues and a commitment to seeing that this will never happen again.
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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
MSNBC: 'There is a human being behind the camera': New doc focuses on life of award-winning photojournalist www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/... @msnbc.com @lynseyaddario.bsky.social‬ #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
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'There is a human being behind the camera': New doc focuses on life of award-winning photojournalist
The new National Geographic documentary 'Love+War' focuses on the life of award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Addario and David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee join Morning Jo...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/10/2025
Indiana University fired the director of student media amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
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Indiana University fires adviser for student newspaper amid censorship dispute
The firing came amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I will invest heavily in any company that creates a dumb tv with a dumb remote. With huge, simple words and minimal options.
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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Journalists among at least 13 arrested during immigration-related protest in Cincinnati www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article...
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Journalists among at least 13 arrested during immigration-related protest in Cincinnati
Police arrested two journalists and at least 11 others during a protest in Cincinnati over the detainment of an Egyptian immigrant. Some protesters blocked the Roebling Bridge that carries traffic...
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings protest in Lexington, Ky., for @kentuckylantern.com #nokings
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 14/06/2025
No Kings rally at Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza in Lexington. @photoprofdavid.bsky.social
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 14/06/2025
No Kings rally in Lexington, Courthouse Plaza @photoprofdavid.bsky.social
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 14/06/2025
Lexington No Kings protest, Courthouse Plaza @photoprofdavid.bsky.social
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Found some sterling mini salt shakers at an estate sale and thought they’d make great whisker jars for my wife’s collection. #catsky
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/04/2025
Vietnam was the first so-called “living room war,” watched on TV and seen through remarkable photography. Photojournalists captured the war’s most personal moments, the best and worst of human nature. See the photos, 50 years after the war ended. nyti.ms/4iG1Kd0
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Mood on my street
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Name that book
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My young pigeons in the loft last week. #pigeonsky
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Monday mood in my loft #pigeonsky
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This is … something 😮
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Read this right now www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Some crazy sticky snow this morning after a four-inch rain yesterday. These Kentucky weather swings are nuts.
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Baby monoborb #pigeonsky
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
First babies of 2025! #pigeonsky
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
One day, when I try harder, I’ll nail this shot. #pigeonsky
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Today’s pigeon borb. #pigeonsky
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 13/01/2025
Why Pigeons Make Bad Nests: A defense of pigeon aesthetics
A six-panel comic. In panel 1, there's a pigeon standing awkwardly next to a pile of sticks with two eggs on it, and the panel is titled "Why pigeons make bad nests: A defense of pigeon aesthetics." In panel 2, a pigeon sits on a pile of sticks: "Many people think that pigeons are bad at making nests. Here are three good reasons why pigeon nests look bad." In panel 3, there's "Reason 1: Some birds, like orioles, nest in tree branches, so they weave elaborate structures that can withstand the elements..." And there's a female Baltimore Oriole weaving an elaborate hanging nest in a silver maple tree. In panel 4, "...but rock pigeons evolved to nest in crevices in cliffs, safely tucked away." And there's a pigeon sitting on a nest in a hole in a cliff. In panel 5, "Reason 2: People domesticated pigeons ages ago. Pigeons didn't need fancy nests because they had human-built homes." A beautiful dovecote shelters a flock of pigeons. In panel 6, "Reason 3: Less time making nest = more time eating seed." A pigeon pecks a seed near its nest, and says "It's called math."
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David Stephenson @photoprofdavid.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Pigeon babies anyone? Let’s welcome the first hatch of 2025. Mother pigeon looks proud. #pigeonsky
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the streetA fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fireA fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the backgroundThe inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree
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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT: Wildfires Rip Through Los Angeles Area www.usnews.com/photos/2025/... #journalism #photography
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Respect to @anntelnaes.bsky.social for quitting the Washington Post due to censorship over her on-point cartoon. More of this from artists and writers, please. Don't obey in advance, especially to the broligarchy.
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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
BBC: The best sports photos of 2024 - and how they were captured www.bbc.com/sport/articl... @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
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Best sports photos of 2024: Photographers explain stories behind images
The world's second tallest man, a Taylor Swift kiss and Cristiano Ronaldo's tears - the best sports photos of 2024, in the words of the photographers who took them.
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