Photo-shoot yesterday: #Axios event on permitting legislation. Interviews with Rep. Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Bechtel chairman Brendan Bechtel, shown here More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

New photos available exclusively from the D.C. Notables gallery on the TechNewsLit collection at the Alamy photo agency: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563/dcnotables.html #Photography #NewsPhotography […] [Original post on journa.host]

New on TechNewsLit Explores. Here's a piece I've wanted to write for a while ... advice for my media colleagues: Stop writing headlines in the form of a question. https://write.as/technewslit/no-more-question-marks-in-headlines

The DoD investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is making #news today. See our report: https://write.as/technewslit/report-sen-mark-kelly-under-dod-investigation Also in recent news: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) […] [Original post on journa.host]

Photo-shoot today: #Politico policy outlook for #financial #cybercrimes, with interviews of Reps Jim Himes (D-CT) and David Schweikert (R-AZ), plus industry experts. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

As the six-part series "American Revolution" begins on PBS, photos of filmmaker and major funder David Rubenstein are available exclusively from the TechNewsLit portfolio at the Alamy photo agency. https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563.html #kenburns #pbs #americanrevolution

Only the #buffalobills could win a game making 3 turnovers, 7 penalties, and giving up 200 rushing yards. Josh Allen makes the difference: 3 rushing, 3 passing touchdowns. #GoBills #BillsMafia

New post on TechNewsLit Explores: Big time sports now has big-time betting problems, with alleged mob ties to college athletes. Who would have seen that coming, right? https://write.as/technewslit/college-sports-now-has-big-time-betting-problems I photo'd an interview with NCAA president […]

Latest photo-shoot: Voice of America staff in lawsuit against Agency for Global Media at National Press Club, 12 Nov. 2025. Shown here: Plaintiffs (R-L) Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Photo-shoot yesterday: #FederalReserve governor Lisa Cook, at the #Brookings Institution. Almost the entire discussion dealt with #economics, and not Trump's attempt to fire her from the Fed Board of Governors. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Photo-shoot last night ... Law professor, former U.S. attorney, and MSNBC commentator Joyce Vance at the National Press Club. Vance was interviewed by AP law enforcement editor and NPC president Mike Balsamo More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Joined the #NoKings rally today in D.C. Very much of a street party vibe. Impromptu DJ in a chicken suit provided the music. Photos show signs, banners, and costumes. Signs ranged from clever to angry to intellectual to raunchy […] [Original post on journa.host]

A new collection of stock photos from the Alamy agency is available for news stories and features about electric power. Photos show wind turbines, an old coal-fired power plant, utility sub-station, and power lines […] [Original post on journa.host]

3 share Nobel Prize in Economics for work on technology, growth and creative destruction https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5570762/xxx-wins-nobel-prize-in-economics-for-xxx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Photo-shoot last night: Reception and conversation with Radio Free Europe reporter and former Russian prisoner Alsu Kurmasheva at the National Press Club. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

We went to the Washington Nationals - Chicago White Sox game yesterday. Plenty of action and rain. Nats won 6-5. Shown here: Nats' position players during National Anthem. Big heroes: The ground crew for keeping the field playable. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

New on TechNewsLit Explores ... A July 2025 news conference with an industry group and GOP lawmakers forecast Trump's new 50% #tariffs on kitchen cabinets, and captured at the time by a TechNewsLit photo-shoot. Exclusive photos available from the Alamy agency […] [Original post on journa.host]

Photo-shoot yesterday: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), speaking at Center for American Progress, where he warned about the eroding democracy in the U.S. brought on by the Trump administration. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

New post on my blog TechNewslit Explores ... Sports gambling is a bad bet, especially for sports ... https://write.as/technewslit/sports-gambling-is-a-bad-bet-especially-for-sports If there are winners in sports betting other than the gambling operators, they're hard to find. TechNewsLit […]

Lanternflies, considered invasive and destructive of crops, are swarming along the U.S. East Coast. At Cape May, NJ this week, we discovered that Atlantic ghost crabs feast on #lanternflies, and we have the pictures to prove it. #photography #naturephotography #jerseyshore #capemay

National Press Club's annual members photo exhibit that I've organized since 2016 is live, continuing to September 30 in the Club's main lobby. Some 52 participants contributed 185 print photos and digital images displayed in continuous slideshows, with 106 of […] [Original post on journa.host]

Photo-shoot this week for the Wire, the daily newsletter at National Press Club ... the annual journalism awards dinner. Here's Club president Mike Balsamo, right, presenting the President's Award to Dong Yifu, accepting for his father, imprisoned Chinese […] [Original post on journa.host]

Had a chance today to see National Guard troops in D.C., around Union Station on Capitol Hill. A few residents and visitors chatted with the soldiers, who otherwise looked bored with nothing to do. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Arlington County (Va.) naturalist with a local reptilian resident today at the county fair. More fair photos ... https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Arlington-County-Fair #photography #newsphotography #Arlington #virginia #naturalist #snake

Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Returned late Monday from a weekend visit to New England: Street festival at Federal Hill in #Providence, Jet-Skis on Webster Lake and 60s muscle cars in Douglas, Mass. ... Photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/NewEngland-2025 #Photography […] [Original post on journa.host]

Third shoot this week: NCAA president and former Republican Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker, at the National Press Club, interviewed by Washington Post reporter Tara Copp. 24 July 2025. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Two other shoots this week, 1 of 2, former U.S. Rep Beto O'Rourke (D-TX, shown here) and ethics attorney Norm Eisen talk about Texas redistricting plans at Center for American Progress. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

New photo-shoot this week, Axios News Shapers, featuring interviews with House majority whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Sen. Josh Hawley. Shown here: Tom Emmer with Axios reporter Hans Nichol. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Two Gaza protestors disrupted the Axios News Shapers event in Washington, D.C. 23 July 2025. Here, the first protestor unfurled a banner and began shouting during the interview with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

I need more GOP faces in my Alamy portfolio, so I joined and photo'd a news conference today featuring Sen. Tommy Tuperville (R-AL) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) at National Press Club. The topic was unfair trading practices against American manufacturers of kitchen […] [Original post on journa.host]

NPR and PBS are national treasures. Let's keep them funded. https://www.press.org/freedom-center

RIF-notice day yesterday at Dept. of State. Current and former colleagues came out to applaud their friends and coworkers laid off, lining up at the C Street entrance, and across the street. A rally, with speakers from former officials and lawmakers followed […] [Original post on journa.host]

New photo credit: Edward Segal's column today in Forbes includes one of my photos of David Rubenstein, taken Tuesday at National Press Club https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2025/07/11/how-philanthropy-can-help-build-brands-and-address-crisis-situations/ #photography #newsphotography

Photo-shoot last night: David Rubenstein -- Carlyle Group (private equity) co-chair, philanthropist, historian, author, and owner of the Baltimore Orioles -- interviewed by CNBC correspondent Emily Wilkins at National Press Club More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

Nice, DuckDuckGo now has https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ so you can entirely avoid their AI Search even when you regularly delete cookies. AI "search" not existing would be my preference, but functional opt-out is a solid second given current state of tech. (It's possible it's not new, but I only […]

New set of Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) photos available exclusively from the Alamy agency, in D.C. Notables collection ... https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563/dcnotables.html #photography #newsphotography #dcnotables #alamy

Photo-shoot yesterday: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) spoke at Center for American Progress, presenting an "economic war plan" covering jobs, immigration, education, health care, energy, and climate. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

#savevoa debunks USAGM’s de facto boss Kari Lake and the unfounded accusations about the Voice of America she presented today to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. https://savevoa.com/fact-check/kari-lake-at-house-committee-on-foreign-affairs-june-25.html

High water and evident storm damage in Rock Creek yesterday. No, we didn't see RFK Jr. swimming, but thanks for asking. A few more shots at https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/AK-photos-2025 #photography #rockcreek #stormdamage #washingtondc

#NoKings rally yesterday in Alexandria, Va., in the shadow of Trump's birthday parade. Plenty of people and energy, apparently lacking across the Potomac. More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/No-Kings-rally-Alexandria-Va #Photography […] [Original post on journa.host]

Photo-shoot today: Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), also candidate for vice-president in 2024, at Center for American Progress, 13 June 2025. Walz discussed the threat of dictatorship, future of the Democratic party, and Midwest school lunch rooms. More photos […] [Original post on journa.host]

NPR affiliate WAMU says there continue to be interruptions to its radio signal as a person who climbed the transmission tower on the American University campus in DC remains on the structure. The site is also used by all-news WTOP FM, which says it is transmitting from a backup facility in Maryland.

“Police cannot pick and choose when the First Amendment applies. Journalists in Los Angeles were not caught in the crossfire — they were targeted." - National Press Club President Mike Balsamo […]

#savevoa website just went online. It includes all the important legal milestones linked to the court documents, a page where you can input your address to find your congressional representatives, a sample script for your outreach and various testimonials on rotation. http://savevoa.com/

Photo-shoot yesterday: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) spoke at Center for American Progress on corruption in the Trump regime and other issues. More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Sen-Chris-Murphy #photography #newsphotography #ussenate #washingtondc

When we released post editing for #mastodon, we first released a version that supported processing and displaying edits incoming from other servers, before releasing a version that flipped a switch allowing anyone to make edits. We're taking an identical approach with quote posts, as the […]

#Belfast lives under a cold peace, where a tall fence topped by strands of barbed wire, separates some Protestant from Catholic neighborhoods. Gates in the fence are closed at night. More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Ireland-2025 […] [Original post on journa.host]

On the way from Derry to Belfast yesterday, we stopped at Giants' Causeway, a world heritage site of volcanic cliffs and rock formations ... un-blinking-believable. More photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Ireland-2025 #Photography […] [Original post on journa.host]

What Are People Still Doing on X? "This platform is owned by the world’s richest man, a conspiracy theorizing GOP mega-donor who still holds a position in the Trump administration. Even if he winds down his official role, X will remain an instrument for Musk’s politics. Let’s pause to sit with […]