I was writing a post for my JOUR3510 Creative Writing Blog, and I thought I would share something I commented on...
In “Obama inauguration: Words of history... crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks” by Ed Pilkington in The Guardian from Tuesday, January 20, 2009 there is a disconnect between the headline and the photograph placed underneath.
I am surprised an editor would have chosen a photo of Favreau stepping off of what seems to be an airplane when the obvious choice would have been to use one of him working on a computer in Starbucks. I found a photograph that I think would have been much more appropriate (even though it is not in a Starbucks, and I am not a fan of the scalping of Favreau's head): http://www.donkeydish.com/tags/jon-favreau/
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There are a couple of reasons for that ... one is laziness - that may have been the first photo he found.
Another is availability - the better photo may not have been one the editor had access to. News organizations subscribe to some wire services and agencies, but not all of them - it may not have been an image they could get or were willing to pay for.
Do agree, though - the second photo is a much better fit.
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