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Caramel color
Caramel color or caramel coloring is a water soluble food coloring. It is made by heat treatment of carbohydrates, in general in the presence of acids, alkalis, or salts, in a process called caramelization. It is more fully oxidized than caramel candy, and has an odor of burnt sugar and a somewhat bitter taste. Its color ranges from pale yellow to amber to dark brown.
Caramel color is one of the oldest and most widely used food colorings, and is found in many commercially produced foods and beverages, including batters, beer, brown bread, buns, chocolate,[1] cookies, cough drops, spirits and liquor such as brandy, rum, and whisky, chocolate-flavored confectionery and coatings, custards, decorations, fillings and toppings, potato chips,[2] dessert mixes, doughnuts, fish and shellfish spreads, frozen desserts, fruit preserves, glucose tablets, gravy, ice cream, pickles,[3] sauces and dressings, soft drinks (especially colas), sweets, vinegar, and more. Caramel color is widely approved for use in food globally but application and use level restrictions vary by country.[4]
Caramel is manufactured by heating carbohydrates, either alone or in the presence of acids, alkalies, and/or salts. Caramel is produced from commercially available nutritive sweeteners consisting of fructose, dextrose (glucose), invert sugar, sucrose, malt syrup, molasses, starch hydrolysates and fractions thereof. The acids that may be used are sulfuric, sulfurous, phosphoric, acetic, and citric acids; the alkalies are ammonium, sodium, potassium, and calcium hydroxides; and the salts are ammonium, sodium, and potassium carbonate, bicarbonate, phosphate (including mono- and dibasic), sulfate, and bisulfite. Antifoaming agents, such as polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, may be used as processing aids during manufacture.[5] Its color ranges from pale-yellow to amber to dark-brown.
Caramel color molecules carry either a positive or a negative charge depending upon the reactants used in their manufacture. Problems such as precipitation, flocculation, or migration can be eliminated with the use of a properly charged caramel color for the intended application.
Internationally, the United Nations Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) recognizes four classes of caramel color, differing by the reactants used in their manufacture, each with its own INS and E number, listed in the table below.
|INS No.
|E Number
|Restrictions on preparation
|Used in[6]
|Plain caramel, caustic caramel, spirit caramel
|No ammonium or sulfite compounds can be used
|Whiskey and other high proof alcohols
|Caustic sulfite caramel
|In the presence of sulfite compounds but no ammonium compounds can be used
|Cognac, sherry and some vinegars
|Ammonia caramel, baker's caramel, confectioner's caramel, beer caramel
|In the presence of ammonium compounds but no sulfite compounds can be used
|Beer, sauces, and confectionery
|Sulfite ammonia caramel, acid-proof caramel, soft-drink caramel
|In the presence of both sulfite and ammonium compounds
|Acidic environments such as soft drinks
Color Intensity (Tinctorial Power) is defined as the absorbance of a 1 mg/mL (0.1%) solution (weight/volume) in water, measured using a 1 cm light path at a wavelength of 610 nanometers (or 560 nm for tinctorial power).[5] In this case, A stands for absorbance and TS stands for total solids.
The color tone of the caramel color is also important. This is defined by the Linner Hue Index, which is the measure of the color hue or red characteristics of the caramel color. It is a function of the absorbance of light of wavelengths 510 and 610 nm. In general, the higher the Tinctorial Power, K0.56, the lower the Hue Index and the lower the red tones.[7]
Various other indices are in use around the world and there are conversion factors between them.[8][9]
Additional function[edit]
Caramel color is a colloid. Though the primary function of caramel color is for coloration, it also serves additional functions. In soft drinks, it can function as an emulsifier[10] to help inhibit the formation of certain types of "floc" and its light protective quality can aid in preventing oxidation of the flavoring components in bottled beverages.[11]
Internationally, JECFA has set the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of Class I caramel color as "not specified"; that of Class II as 0–160 mg/kg body weight; that of Class III as 0–200 mg/kg body weight; and that of Class IV as 0–200 mg/kg body weight.[12]
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies and regulates caramel color in Title 21 CFR § 73.85 as a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) color additive exempt from certification. Unless a food has a standard of identity, caramel color may be safely used in foods generally at levels consistent with "good manufacturing practice" (GMP).
In 2010, the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) concluded that commercially-produced caramel color has the same toxicological properties as caramel produced by cooking or heating sucrose, except for those prepared using ammonium (Class III and IV). The IPCS has concluded that caramel color does not exhibit carcinogenicity or mutagenicity, based on its studies.[13] While the US FDA,[14] Canadian Health Products and Food Branch[15] and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)[16] have found caramel color safe for use in food and beverages, California has listed a compound formed in the manufacture of Class III and IV caramel colors in the state's Proposition 65,[17] which requires the Governor to publish, at least annually, a list of chemicals "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity."
In June 2012, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) published results of its own study on ammoniated caramel coloring in Coca-Cola and the presence of 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI). In samples from nine countries, levels ranged from 4 to 267 μg of 4-MEI per 12 fluid ounces (355 ml), with the lowest levels in California; State of California regulators estimate that consuming 30 μg per day corresponds to a 1:100,000 risk of developing cancer, and require cancer warning labels for foods leading to that much consumption.[18] According to the Food Chemicals Codex, 4-MeI in caramel color is allowed up to 250 ppm on a color-adjusted basis, which means 250 ppm maximum for every 0.100 color absorbance of a 0.10% solution at 610 nm.[19]
Caramel color has excellent microbiological stability. Since it is manufactured under very high temperature, high acidity, high pressure, and high specific gravity, it is essentially sterile, as it will not support microbial growth unless in a dilute solution.
When reacted with sulfites, caramel color may retain traces of sulfite after processing. However, in finished food products, labeling is usually required only for sulfite levels above 10 ppm.
Review in United States[edit]
In January 2014, a consumer review of various beverages in the United States reported measurements of the amounts of 4-MEI found in them.[20] The study found that Pepsi ONE and Malta Goya contain the chemical in excess of 29 micrograms per can or bottle, with that being California Proposition 65's daily allowed amount for foods without a warning label.[20] Various other media sources reported the story, noting that the FDA says that there is no reason to believe that caramel coloring is unsafe but that they are conducting additional safety studies on 4-MEI found in foods and beverages.[21][22][23]
Pepsi challenged the conclusions of this study because "the average amount of diet soda consumed by those who drink it is approximately 100 [milliliters] per day, or less than a third of a 12 [ounce] can".[20] Because of this, Pepsi argues, consumers of its beverage would not get 29 micrograms of 4-MEI when drinking them.
Food allergies[edit]
Caramel coloring may be derived from a variety of source products that are themselves common allergens, starch hydrolysates (from wheat), malt syrup (in general derived from barley), or lactose (from milk). As such, persons with known sensitivities or allergies to food products are advised to avoid foods including generic caramel coloring or first determine the source for the caramel coloring before consuming the food. North American and European manufacturers mostly use glucose derived from corn or wheat to produce caramel color, which is highly processed and is generally considered gluten free.[24]
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- ^ US Caramel is used as an emulsifying agent in preparing an aqueous emulsion of a water insoluble flavoring oil. The emulsion is utilized in preparing flavored beverage syrups and flavored beverages 3622343, Anwar, Mohammad H. & Marvin Calderon, "Emulsions of flavoring oils and process for making same", published 12 Dec 1963, issued 23 Nov 1971
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- ^ Yukhananov, Anna (5 Mar 2012). "US regulators dispute finding of cancer-causing soda". Reuters (Washington: Reuters.com). Retrieved 29 Oct 2012.
- ^ Lee, Barbara (15 Nov 2011), Letter from Director of Bureau of Chemical Safety, Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch
- ^ Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of caramel colours (E 150 a,b,c,d) as food additives, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), retrieved 2012-01-16
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- Notes
- Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) specification for Caramel Colours [1]
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration definition of Caramel, Code of Federal Regulations 21 CFR 73.85
- European Commission Directive 95/45/EC (26 July 1995) on food color purity
- International Programme on Chemical Safety INCHEM Database [2]


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An RTE report (29.20) on the publication of the annual report of the Data Protection Commissioner revealed the names of three companies that were found to have breached regulations.
Film footage of the companies so named accompanied the report.
Oddly, however, the report failed to name financial institutions that were found to have breached regulations.
The report simply referred to 'some financial institutions' but gave no names.
Looking at the annual report I noted that four of the thirteen case studies outlined were not named.
These were; a vet, a car dealership, 'some' financial institutions and 'some' solicitors.
I thought this very odd. I mean why name some of the offenders including film footage of their business premises and keep others secret?
Those named and filmed are likely to suffer to some degree from the negative publicity while the unnamed suffer no consequences.
I rang the Data Protection Commissioner's office to ask why.
Official: In the cases we haven't named, they were absolutely cooperative with our investigations so there would be nothing to be gained by naming them.
As for the financial institutions and solicitors, there were a number of those involved and they were entirely co-operative with our investigations so there would be nothing to be gained by naming them.
Me: So the people who have been named have not been co-operative?
Official: Well…at the end of the day the decision comes down to the Commissioner himself whether to name and shame.
In our investigations with some of these companies they would be aware there was a possibility of being named and shamed
Me: But that indicates that all those who were named were not cooperative. Can you confirm that?
Official: I can't confirm that because I wouldn't have worked on those investigations but I'll get someone else to speak to you if you wish.
Same official: (After speaking to some of her colleagues) Because the report enjoys absolute privilege the decision remains with the Commissioner.
As to who he names, and in respect of what I said earlier, it is not necessarily true that those who didn't cooperate would be named.
It's all down to the decision of the Commissioner and the report is published under absolute privilege.
Me: What does absolute privilege mean in this case?
Official: He would have the decision of who and who not to name.
Me: Do we know what he bases his decisions on?
Official: I don't know that but you would be welcome to put your comments in writing.
Me: Does your organisation come under the Freedom of Information Act?
Official: No.
Me: That's surprising.
Official: Well, we don't hold personal data.
My email to the Data Protection Commissioner.
To whom it may concern,
Of the thirteen case studies outlined in your annual report four are without the names of the transgressors.
These cases involve the following:
A car dealership; a vet, financial institutions and solicitors.
An official from your office has informed me that this has to do with Absolute Privilege and the power of the Data Commissioner to decide who is named and who is not.
I hereby formally request the names of the people/organisations that are not named.
If this is not possible I would be grateful if you could provide me with the precise legal/legislative/administrative reason/s for refusing the information.
Yours etc.
Anthony Sheridan
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The freedom of information act has nothing to do with personal data/the data protection acts. One would think that someone working in the data protection commissioner's office would realise this basic point.
Looks like The Data Protection Commissioner is protecting some people but not others!
I would like to correct the Data official's assertion that they don't hold personal data. They have to when investigating a complaint. I would like to know if the Data Commissioner's office has to be compliant like the the rest of businesses and organisations vis-a-vis personal data?

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I am a firm believer that groups can make all things fun, not just bearable. In almost 20 years of school guidance counseling, I've had kids in support groups laughing even when dealing with such heavy topics as grief and divorce. Over the last three years I have developed and led a support group of middle school students who have Type 1 diabetes. And they have been grinning, snickering, and laughing out loud!
If your school or community does not offer a support group for teens with diabetes, perhaps you need only to ask for one. That's what happened in my case. A parent of a recently diagnosed child commented to the school nurse, in my presence, that she wished there were a support group somewhere for such kids. Knowing next to nothing about Type 1 diabetes, I stepped up.
How do you initiate such a group at your child's school? First, you need to contact a guidance counselor or the school nurse to find out if there are enough students with Type 1 diabetes to form a group; an effective group needs at least four members. (The same general approach would likely work well for a group of students with Type 2 diabetes, although you might need to alter some of the activities suggested here.) Then you need to ask the counselor to consider becoming its leader. Emphasize the emotional and social benefits of having such a group. Point out that a group will help students realize they are not alone in coping with this condition, and that group members will form a close bond with each other as they express feelings that only others with diabetes can fully understand. In a group setting, they can learn from each other's mistakes, discuss uncomfortable situations that arise, and buoy one another with hope. It should be hard for the counselor to ignore your plea, especially if you come equipped with a suggested group agenda (such as a copy of this article)!
Getting started
Any school counselor interested in starting a diabetes group in a school should obtain a list of diagnosed students from the school nurse, since the nurse is the primary staff member closely connected to these students. The counselor should then draft a letter to the students explaining the proposed group, including an agenda of topics to be covered, if possible.
No meetings should be conducted with the students before parents are contacted. Some families may have reservations about a counselor talking with their children about a private health condition, but most will be pleased that someone is recognizing their special concerns. So far I have had 100% participation. Parents have been not merely agreeable, but enthusiastic.
Though my focus is middle school, these group sessions could easily be adapted for elementary school. The nature of this kind of group calls for a yearlong schedule: It's not as if the students' diabetes will disappear for part of the year. Also, since the group will most likely be composed of students from several grade levels, practical scheduling may limit meeting times to the first or last period of the day. For this reason, I meet with my group on a monthly rather than weekly basis throughout the school year. With meetings spaced far apart, the first- and last-period teachers rarely complain about the students missing their classes.
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"For God's sake, somebody call it!"
Has the time come to take photojournalism off life-support? After nearly 25 years in the business, agency director Neil Burgess steps forward to make the call.
1 August 2010
For the last thirty-odd years, I've been listening to people talk about, or predict the death of photojournalism. John Szarkowski, the legendary curator of photography at MOMA New York even said that photojournalism stopped being interesting after 1958; I was just out of nappies then. Yet, somehow I've devoted just about all my working life to social documentary photography and nearly 25 years to photojournalism.
During that period we have lived through so much change: the globalisation of the media, the move from film to digital, the invention of the internet, and the acceptance of photography as 'art'. A 10 × 8 print by Edward Weston – an image of a nautilus shell from the same series as one I've had as a postcard on my bathroom wall for as long as I can remember – sold at auction for more than a million dollars in April 2010. A lot of change.
Making the call: Neil Burgess is at his photo-bookstall in London's Broadway Market most Saturdays. Photo © David Hoffman.
We've been through major recessions; times when the advertising dollar shrank, massive lay-offs and editorial budgets tightened, but still there was a commitment to the photojournalist and what he or she produced. Even as the millennium dawned I was telling people that there was more photojournalism around now than in the 1950's and 60's, it's just spread amongst more magazines. That was probably true then. Not so now.
No funding for photographers to act as reporters
Today I look at the world of magazine and newspaper publishing and I see no photojournalism being produced. There are some things which look very like photojournalism, but scratch the surface and you'll find they were produced with the aid of a grant, were commissioned by an NGO, or that they were a self-financed project, a book extract, or a preview of an exhibition.
Magazines and newspapers are no longer putting any money into photojournalism. They will commission a portrait or two. They might send a photographer off with a writer to illustrate the writer's story, but they no longer fund photojournalism. They no longer fund photo-reportage. They only fund photo illustration.
We should stop talking about photojournalists altogether. Apart from a few old dinosaurs whose contracts are so long and retirement so close that it's cheaper to keep them on, there is no journalism organisation funding photographers to act as reporters. A few are kept on to help provide 'illustration' and decorative visual work, but there is simply no visual journalism or reportage being supported by so called news organisations.
Seven British-based photographers won prizes at the 'World Press Photo' competition this year and not one of them was financed by a British news organisation. But this is not just a UK problem. Look at TIME and Newsweek, they are a joke. I cannot imagine anyone buys them on the news-stand anymore. I suspect they only still exist because thousands of schools, and libraries and colleges around the world have forgotten to cancel their subscriptions. Even though they have some great names in photojournalism on their mastheads, when did you last see a photo-essay of any significance in these news magazines?
The wire services have concentrated on development of TV and internet services and focused on financial intelligence to pay the bills, rather than news as it happens. They rely on stringers and on 'citizen journalists' when there's a breaking story, not professional photojournalists.
First to go have been the photojournalists, next it's the writers
Sure, there may always be the need for specialist sports photographers, portraitists, fashion photographers and a news guy to smudge the President when he shows up to a press conference, but what about the guys who produce stories, who cover issues rather than events? Newspapers and magazines don't employ them anymore.
Should we care? Well yes we should. The other photographers cover events which are organised by someone else; events arranged by spin-doctors, PR agents, press secretaries, advertising and marketing executives. Looking at all news and current affairs these days it's so obvious that what you are seeing or reading is regurgitated information fed to the news organisation by someone else's press department.
The photojournalists were the first to go, but once the destruction of the printed media business model is complete and still no-one has come up with a new one, then the writers will have to go as well. So we'll end up with a couple of sub-editors re-phrasing press-releases and dropping in supplied photos. Hell, that's happening already!
I believe we owe it to our children to tell them that the profession of 'photojournalist' no longer exists. There are thousands of the poor bastards, creating massive debt for themselves hoping to graduate and get a job which no-one is prepared to pay for anymore.
Even when photographers create brilliant stories and the magazine editors really want to publish them, they cannot pay a realistic price for the work.
Zapping with 50,000 volts
We have now reached the stage where magazine supplements offer me less for a story which might be used over a cover and eight pages than their associated papers pay me for a single picture of a celebrity.
The picture editors shrug and say, "This is just the way it is." But, it is an active decision that has been taken by the managing editors who believe that photojournalism is not valued, it can be got for free, and so needs no budget. Money is still around in newspapers, it's just that it's spent on other things.
I woke up this morning with a dream going around in my head. It was as if I'd been watching a medical drama, ER or something, where they'd spent half the programme trying to revive a favourite character: mouth to mouth, blood transfusions, pumping the chest up and down, that electrical thing where they shout "Clear!" before zapping them with 50,000 volts to get the heart going again, emergency transplants and injections of adrenalin …, but nothing works. And someone sobs, "We've got to save him we cannot let him die." And his best friend steps forward, grim and stressed and says, "It's no good. For God's sake, somebody call it!"
Okay, I'm that friend and I'm stepping forward and calling it. "Photojournalism: time of death 11.12. GMT 1st August 2010." Amen.
• Neil Burgess runs his own picture agency, NB Pictures, which represents 10 photographers, including Simon Norfolk, Dayanita Singh and Sebastião Salgado. Previously Neil was head of Network Photographers and Magnum Photos in New York, and Magnum London, which he helped set up in 1986. He is twice a former Chairman of World Press Photo.
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Comment #1 posted by Andy Drysdale at 2 August, 02:07 PM
Unfortunately, and regrettably Neil says nothing here that I can argue with, or that hasn't already been said, by many, and thought by most others in the business.
Newspapers died for me as viable clients some years ago. Rates have remained static for fifteen years before being cut in the last year or so by many publishers.
There are still clients out there, but not enough for the experienced thousands looking for outlets for their work and the hundreds more coming out of colleges every year.
For me there probably really is no choice, but for those still cutting their teeth or who look to come into the business all I can helpfully say is that society always needs plumbers, builders and electricians. As a householder I can never get one when I want one.
Photographers? I have hundreds in my address book…
Comment #2 posted by Pete Jenkins at 2 August, 05:11 PM
Fortunately photojournalists don't want to lie down and die. After every forest fire the brush eventually regrows and with it the life slowly returns. Photojournalists are looking for new ways to survive.
While publishers, magazines and newspaper are drying up as revenue sources the opportunities for photographers to directly compete for a share of the audience only grows. As soon as photographers find a way to convert that audience into revenue you will see a resurgence, be it small at first, in independently produced quality photojournalism.
VII are doing just this with the new VII Magazine.
Latitude Magazine (full disclosure - I am Latitude's coordinator and editor) is another such experiment that is starting to pay off. Self published by the photographers who shoot for it, Latitude Magazine has over 60 photojournalists contributing monthly to a publication we sell directly to consumers.
That is 60+ voices who blog, twitter, email and market the magazine because we own it. No advertising, no sales people, no middle management bulk gobbling up all the profits. The magazine is $2.99! And every issue sold is money in the pockets of the photographers who shot for it.
The traditional relationship between photojournalist and publisher is dead, not photojournalism.
Comment #4 posted by Nathan Shanahan at 2 August, 06:30 PM
Sad but very true. It's a reflection of the dumbing down of the majority of the publications that call themselves newspapers or magazines.
I still seek out suitable topics to cover in depth but this is more and more a labour of love than a core part of an income stream. Thank God for the regular corporate clients that feed my labour of love.
Comment #5 posted by Ian Shipley at 2 August, 06:34 PM
Unfortunate, but true. Most major newspapers have cut space so drastically that there is no room for good photojournalism. One picture and done. A sad state for sure.
Comment #6 posted by JP at 2 August, 08:02 PM
It may be dead in the nation's great cities and not so great towns. But photojournalism is not dead because it lives in our hearts and on the net. I view the collapse as a planned systematic effort by most editors, owners, and shareholders. The editors ('yes men') never had the balls to back us up. All most editors ever wanted was a paycheck and an Emmy for their cubical.
The owners are Murdoch and Getty and that seems to be it. These two only want to dumb society down in order to gain more power and political influence. They're already an extension of big government.
I wonder how many government spooks receive a government employment check and list their profession as journalists? I for one can't wait for Wikileaks to leak this one to the world.
Comment #7 posted by RKing at 2 August, 08:27 PM
C'mon, Neil, give it one more 50,000 volt zapp!
We just build a new platform for photojournalism. You know, a platform that will eventually pay for it - independently produced, experimental in the beginning (see Nathan Shanahan above) and made by those who will not cease to shoot the better stories.
Hey, and buy yourself an iPad, man!
Comment #8 posted by Thomas at 3 August, 03:37 AM
I would have to agree – the couple of photojourno's I know now need to supplement their income with lecturing and other means. Whilst the art of photojournalism is not dead the profession most certainly is.
Comment #9 posted by Russell Barton at 4 August, 01:53 AM
Unfortunately it happens not only in photojournalism. It is spread over all human culture.
People are not willing to read books today, they prefer to watch movies. People are fed by media and believe what they see on TV is reality. Very sad.
Comment #11 posted by Alexander Yashish at 7 August, 10:17 AM
True. Although I've worked/trained for 10 years as a freelance documentary photojournalist my fiancé is earning more money than I ever have as a photographer in fashion with no training or experience, all thanks to digital. When everyone is a photographer nothing is worth seeing.
I keep on going as I can't do anything else, I think there will always be passionate stubborn idiots like me out there!
Comment #12 posted by Ed at 7 August, 09:36 PM
I say give the 10 year old kid with the Blackberry the Pulitzer, if he gets the shot. And, he probably will!
You want to make a good living? Go sell hotdogs at Fenway Park, invest in Exxon, write songs, or make movies. You want to do photojournalism you don't have to go far, or expect pedestals, and gold bars. Isn't it all about the work and the sacrifice anyway?
As to the remark by John Szarkowski , "photojournalism stopped being interesting after 1958" - I take personal offense, being born in 1958, and challenge him to look at the best of my work and make the same claim.
Comment #13 posted by Chris Bernstein at 8 August, 05:10 AM
Look, journalism is an activity and not a profession. That's the market truth.
Journalists are not licensed like lawyers, doctors and accountants.
The reason? In a democracy journalism has to be an activity any citizen can produce. If it takes a license to do it then you have the lost the foundation upon which a free press stands.
Go be a photojournalist – love it – just don't expect to find a full-time job attached to the activity.
Comment #14 posted by ego at 9 August, 04:05 AM
Much has been written about the decline of pj and those who stick their necks out to make proclamations that it is dead generally get a lot of push back from those who are either a) in denial or b) wannabe photojournalists who cannot believe that their hobby will never be their profession.
The entire ecosystem for photojournalism, and journalism, has changed. Despite what #14 claims, these are, and should be professions. People who do these things should be trained and paid to do a good job, be professional, uphold standards etc. The massive volume of absolute crap on the internet, these days, claiming to be journalism or photojournalism, is a very sad reflection of the quality "reporting" the masses are expecting (extremely low quality!). Journalism based on opinions and biases is not journalism, just a bunch of op-eds.
It has always struck me as extremely odd that those professions which can truly make the most difference to our lives such as pj's, documentary film-makers, teachers, nurses – are some of the lowest paid jobs around. Something very wrong there.
The work of VII and World Press Photo and so many others is all well and good, but the majority of viewers of that work seem to be other photojournalists, and not the general public, or other influencers, who can truly drive change. Unless pj's can evolve to a point where the content they produce is readily (even greedily) viewed, absorbed, and acted upon by those who are willing to make a difference, then pj really is in a death spiral.
Comment #15 posted by Michael Fox at 10 August, 02:32 PM
Oh dear!
Comment #16 posted by Paul Treacy at 17 August, 09:16 PM
In New Zealand, papers are happy to use your images but they don't often pay. Happier to use a readers Pic!
Comment #17 posted by Michael McQueen at 21 August, 01:45 AM
The problem is wider than just photojournalism – it's about photography in general.
Bad photography drives out good. Which is a derivative of the economical law stating "bad money drives out good." This is know as Gresham's Law in English speaking countries after Sir Thomas Gresham (1519–1579), financial agent of Queen Elizabeth I. Gresham was one of the first to elucidate it, although he was preceded by my compatriot Nicolaus Copernicus.
The meaning expressed is that, if two coins have the same face value but are made from metals of unequal value, the cheaper will tend to drive the other out of circulation.
With gazillions of free photographs available for editors around the world the value of any photography is diminished to a point where it is almost impossible to make a living out of selling photographs.
"Photojournalism: time of death 11.12. GMT 1st August 2010." Amen.
Comment #18 posted by Voytec at 1 September, 09:35 PM
I'm just going to say this: have a look at
Photojournalism is not dead, it is evolving into Art Photojournalism.
Comment #19 posted by Jon Baginski at 18 January, 02:34 PM
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Mr. Sherman goes on to add, "If an airline chooses to provide this service, it could improve access to wireless data services while flying, facilitate the use of in-flight texting, or even bring competition – and potentially lower prices – to a new market for in-flight broadband."
It's not just a technical problem
With all the technological advances over the years, commercial air-to-ground communication has never really taken off. The main reason is cost. No one is very keen on paying $5 to $10 per minute for a phone call. Those are not just arbitrary fees either, maintaining a circuit switched call from 30,000+ feet, to ground stations that must hand off not only the signal, but also hand-off the back-haul trunks that carry the call, is expensive and requires dedicated facilities to manage such traffic.
Data is where it is at
Where we are seeing progress however is in data. Data is immeasurably easier than voice in air-to-ground because it is IP based. You do not need "always-on" circuits to carry the connection. If something drops out, the client sends it again if needed. Packet loss is flexible, how many times have you not fully populated a web-page? It could be long server response, or just part of the package got dropped.
Gogo in-flight internet has provided some decent packages for fliers of all types, internet that can be used as long as that aircraft has the on-board Wi-Fi to take advantage of the service. Frequent fliers that are production power-houses can get unlimited access for only $50 per month. That does not sound like a lot, but you might need to be on a plane using the internet at least 10 hours a week to make it worthwhile. Could such people also make a business case to have access to voice services? Perhaps, but if you are on a plane and have access to the internet, in an age of smartphones, laptops and instant messaging, there is little that cannot be accomplished without a voice call.
Conversations on a plane are simply loud
I am not a power traveler, in the business sense. I am not on the road and in the air every week, but I do travel several times a year, mostly transcontinental flights in the US. Many times, I have been happy to meet people on the plane and strike up a conversation about whatever happens to be the news of the day. As quiet as planes have gotten, it is still pretty loud. Simple two-way conversations between passengers have a fairly high-volume.
Imagine that one-sided conversation phone call in the seat next to you, "WHAT??!! SAY THAT AGAIN! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??!! OF COURSE I DO!! CAN YOU PICK ME UP??!! WHAT??!! SAY THAT AGAIN! HUH??!! LET ME CALL YOU RIGHT BACK TO GET A BETTER CONNECTION!!" Ugh. That is what it sounded like back in the days of GTE Airfone. Technical issues aside, loud conversations, whether on a cell phone or not is simply annoying.
Most, if not all, devices can get full data functions using Wi-Fi, making voice applications and networks truly a secondary in-flight consideration
With rationalizations like this, the airlines will make the better choice
That technology does indeed exist Mr. Sherman, it is called Wi-Fi. Nearly every modern phone has connectivity to use it, as does every tablet and every recent laptop computer. Hooked to Wi-Fi, a smartphone has the ability to do everything it can do when hooked to a cellular network (including voice calls in some instances), except maybe texting. Voice calls over Wi-Fi can easily be disabled because services like Gogo do not allow the connection on its network that would enable services like Skype to make such calls.
Finally, Mr. Sherman notes that this review of policy is simply the beginning, not the end. I am not saying that allowing voice calls is not the end either, indeed, it will be just the beginning, the beginning of a lot of things, customer complaints, upset users that cannot get a connection, add whatever you want to the list. Given the rationalizations offered by the FCC, we are indeed probably much better off having the airlines make these decisions, and even if the decision is to allow voice calls, the cost is still going to be prohibitive in the near term, and that is perfectly okay with me.
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1. mturby (unregistered)
there is no need to make phone calls from a plane. cmon guys, that can wait! + u will be able to concentrate on whatever u r doing, reading, playing on ur android, sleeping, its not a big deal. do we really really really need to call people 24/7?..ps i have never taken a flight before xD
5. boosook (Posts: 1089; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
I agree, but most people just can't live with their phones switched off… as soon as the plane touches down, they start texting, they must have something really important to say… people can't turn the phone off even while they're watching a movie or a show in a theatre, look at the people around you next time… chances are that many of them will follow their facebook feed more than the movie. It has become a sort of obsessive-compulsive disorder for many...they just feel bad if they can't use the phone, just as a smoker needs to smoke a cigarette!
2. Shatter (Posts: 2031; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Unless you have TMOBILE WIFI CALLING!!!!!!
3. andynaija (Posts: 485; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
"CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??!!" back in the days of GTE. Verizon absorbed GTE, it's from this situation that Verizon probably came up with that popular phrase!
4. Gemmol (Posts: 562; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
lol if phone calls are allowed people will be pissed a lot, but it do not matter to me, I can sleep in places with loud noises, as long as someone not touching me, bring on the noise
6. dspkblympkbl (Posts: 51; Member since: 23 May 2013)
"Imagine that one-sided conversation phone call in the seat next to you, "WHAT??!! SAY THAT AGAIN! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??!! OF COURSE I DO!! CAN YOU PICK ME UP??!! WHAT??!! SAY THAT AGAIN! HUH??!! LET ME CALL YOU RIGHT BACK TO GET A BETTER CONNECTION!!" Ugh. That is what it sounded like back in the days of GTE Airfone. Technical issues aside, loud conversations, whether on a cell phone or not is simply annoying." That alone is reason enough to NOT allow calls during flights. I mean its bad enough that you're stuck with a stranger with really nowhere to go for what feels like an eternity!
7. threed61 (Posts: 133; Member since: 27 May 2011)
A loud phone call is still better than a fattie plastered up against your side, or a screaming kid.
10. dspkblympkbl (Posts: 51; Member since: 23 May 2013)
and who'd think it is making the phone call?
8. Augustine (Posts: 799; Member since: 28 Sep 2013)
The advantage of allowing in-flight calls is not calling your ex-wife from 30,000ft, but calling your brother from 10,000ft when the airplane is circling around a congested airport. This an outdated rule that has to go, even if the FCC is merely catching up half a decade past due with European, Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern countries.
9. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 348; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
Screaming kicking your chair while being stuck between two sweaty fatties is the worst
11. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 1255; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)
Text would be fine, allow that..
12. hypergreatthing (Posts: 34; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
I know that the idea of phone calls is so new on the airplanes, considering sinde the early 1990s airfone was installed on many airplanes that allowed phone coversations. If you ever recall seeing those phones in the back of the seats in front of you with a credit card reader attached that you could use if you really wanted to pay the high fees associated with it. People didn't have loud annoying conversations then, and they won't now.
13. zennacko (Posts: 236; Member since: 16 Jun 2013)
The definition of "hell" to a flier currently is: fat passenger seated on a tight 4-5-4 economy class plane, on a red eye flight of 8 hours+ to the United States (after the budget cuts, the path from passport control to connection flight became a huge pain).
Now if you add this to: annoying people that can't stop talking and they talk loud because they're seated closer to the wings, and the engines' noise and they couldn't care less it's f-ing 3 AM and this is universally "too late to call someone living where the sun haven't risen yet".
Just leave internet access and text messages (the old SMS, not advanced stuff like whatsapp) and ban facebook and other pointless viral sites, like 9gag. It would be VERY annoying to hear people laughing like crazy and getting all "Look at this pic my buddy shared! ROFL ZOMG this is so hilarious (and laughter goes for 30 minutes, it's 3 AM and you want to try to sleep)" - My 2 cents on the subject


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