A WEEKEND READ

The Digital Journalist is up with its tribute to Eddie Adams...and a lot more besides.

The issue is devoted to the memory of Adams, who died last month, and the tribute is fitting, given that Adams was a giant of photojournalist. There are five major articles, and almost 20 other, shorter ones, mostly warm reminiscences about Adams and tributes to his talent.

The issue also features an extensive gallery of Adams's work: iconic portraits (among them, Arthur Rubenstein from 1966 and Louis Armstrong from 1970), deeply moving photographs from around the world (such as Untouchable Children in India from 1978), and his outstanding work from Vietnam.

As well as the long and heartfelt tribute to Adams, the issue features a couple of other items worth checking out, including the Dispatches gallery and David Lyman's piece The Eight Keys to Success (a little taste: talent is last on his list).

And don't leave without checking out the feature on 5000 Days, a project of British photojournalists. Included in the report is a stunning gallery of 24 photos.

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A WOW FROM WOLCOTT

Count James Wolcott of Vanity Fair as one of the pithiest, more passionate and most talented writers around. Wander over to his blog for a look, and consider starting with Empty Volcano, his response to Friday's U.S. presidential debate. A sample (he's writing about Bush):

It is astonishing and sobering that this dull roar with a one-track mind that runs on tank treads is fighting for reelection instead of facing impeachment; his lies and failures have fed thousands of graves, and filled thousands more hospital beds with bodies and psyches that will never be whole again. And still our mainstream pundits can not, will not see him for what he is. He cracks a corny joke, and they marvel at his Reaganesque humor. He hollers at Charlie Gibson, and he's hailed as a take-charge guy.