December 2012

In the summer of 1993, a young Reuters photographer covering a story in Mogadishu, Somalia was stoned to death along with 3 other journalists. Before his death at only 22, Dan Eldon had accumulated thousands of photographs and created dozens of journals filled with his images, writings, memorabilia and drawings. Eldon’s mother Kathy assembled 17 of his journals to memorialize her son’s vision. Dan’s life and death and creative legacy reveal a pure and inspirational journey. His sister Amy recalls, “Dan would push my boundaries and challenge my fears.” The compilation of his life’s work, The Journey is the Destination has sold over 200,00 copies. Read More »

Certain punctuation and formatting conventions barely get our notice, but omit or cancel any of these and we tend to react. It’s useful to know the rules of punctuating as hammered into you in school – useful so that you know the effects of specific marks, what they can do and more importantly, what they can’t do. If you are in control of it, punctuation is an extension of one’s voice – the tone and flavor of the writing.
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