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Some say America's news media is presenting a somewhat sanitized view of the war in Iraq. We'll talk about the challenges of getting and editing war zone photography.
Sean Aday, assistant professor, Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
Steve Stroud, deputy director of photography, Los Angeles Times
Dean Hoffmeyer, staff photographer, Richmond Times Dispatch, was embedded with the 276 Engineer Battalion, Virginia National Guard Unit, in Mosul, Iraq
Jim MacMillan, staff photographer, Philadelphia News, was a member of the AP photography staff in Iraq, winners of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
Medgar Evers is remembered as the NAACP field secretary murdered by white supremacists in 1963. His widow talks about her effort to present a fuller picture of Evers' life, and his legacy to the American civil rights movement.
Myrlie Evers-Williams, longtime civil rights activist, former chair of the NAACP, and founder of the Medgar Evers Institute
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