charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is a the text of what I said at the TED talk last night about James Nachtwey’s campaigning photography. I confess I left the meeting much more sceptical about TED and Nachtwey’s work than I was when I first agreed to the talk. It was a healthy exchange of views but it was clear [...]
charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
I am delighted to be on the panel tonight as the TED bandwagon rolls into town to stage a debate on the power of new news media to effect real world change. Here’s the organisers’ description: How do our actions lead to change in today’s world? How has the internet transformed the media and the channels of [...]
CNN (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Many people think of tuberculosis as being a disease from the past. The truth is far from it: Tuberculosis is mutating into dangerous new strains for which there is no known cure. The World Health Organization estimates there are around 40,000 new cases of XDR-TB or extensively drug-resistant TB.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
BOSTON.- On November 19th, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will open its first exhibition space permanently dedicated to photography, the Herb Ritts Gallery. The gallery's premiere exhibition, Photographic Figures, will be on view through May 10, 2009 in the Herb Ritts Gallery and the adjacent Clementine Haas Michel Brown Gallery. Artists have long taken advantage of the camera's
MSNBC.com: Newsweek Health (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
How mistakes in the treatment of TB resulted in a virulent and fatal new form of the disease.
Conscientious (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
A little while ago, I received an email that told me about a project photojournalist James Nachtwey had been working on, which was going to get unveiled at a later date. The email contained the request to write a post that included some piece of code, which would automatically reveal the new project on the day in question. Since I prefer to have full editorial control over this blog, I decided not...
Dennis Dunleavy (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
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TED Blog (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Casson at the TED Prize Blog tips us off to two events: XDR-TB Panel in Washington DC tomorrow, Oct. 14: If you live in DC and have an hour at lunch, head over to Johns Hopkins School of Advanced...
TED Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
From the TED Prize blog: Today, James Nachtwey is the guest editor of the YouTube homepage. Along with the video of his photographs of XDR-TB and a special message from James to YouTube users, James has "selected compelling examples from...
Global Health Delivery Project Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
As most TB stakeholders prepare to gather at The Union conference next week in Paris, I invite all of you to discuss James Nachtwey XDR TB photography by answering one or both of the following questions on GHDonline: - Do you think these photos and outreach can bring XDR- TB front and center, [...]
Have Coffee Will Writ (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true, as we share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that's touching off a global medical crisis. Learn how to help at http://www.xdrtb.org
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Via Technology, Health and Development, the acclaimed photojournalist James Nachtwey is pointing his camera lens to a neglected but dangerous threat to global public health. According to XDRTB.orgTB can usually be treated with a course of four standard, or "first-line,"...
Center for Global Development (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Special Event with TED War photographer and TED Award winner James Nachtwey’s photo essay on XDR-TB with discussion by Rachel Nugent Deputy Director for Global Health, Center for Global Development and Joanne Carter Executive Director, RESULTS; Chair of the Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization Working Group, Stop TB Partnership Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:30pm--2:00pm coffee and cookies...
TED Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A powerful idea from the unveiling of James Nachtwey's photos of the XDR-TB epidemic on Friday night in New York City: During the Q&A session with some TB experts and activists, an audience member asked: "We're talking about XDR-TB, but...
No Caption Needed (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Click Above to See James Nachtwey’s TED Prize presentation.
