The July 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine features a cover story by writer, director, and filmmaker Turk Pipkin about how to make a feature documentary film. Pipkin, whose writing credits include more than 100 hours of prime time network television comedy and eight books, along with an acting role on The Sopranos as Janice Soprano's narcoleptic, born-again boyfriend during the show's third season, has now made two significant documentary films, "Nobelity" and - releasing this Fall - "One Peace At A Time."

Also in this issue, Multimedia Moments author Seth Gitner takes a look at what happened in June in Las Vegas at NPPA's Multimedia Immersion Workshop held during Convergence '09, and editor Sue Morrow conducts a Q&A with Geri Migielicz, the former director of photography for the San Jose Mercury News who is now one of the founders of a new video production company, Story4. Photographer Jeff Widener looks back on the twentieth anniversary of his Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" photograph and remembers how a young American college student was the link for making his famous picture possible, and author Bruce Young's Commentary piece, "The Awards Pool," about what judges pick as winners in the big contests, will surely start a few conversations. These stories, and much more, in the July issue of News Photographer magazine.

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The June 2009 issue of News Photographer magzine features stories about how photojournalists cover the Kentucky Derby horse race; a look at what some photojournalists are doing to discover a new professional life after newspaper careers; freelance photojournalist Walter Astrada's journey from the soccer fields of Argentina to the ethnic clashes he's covered in Haiti, the Congo, and Kenya; and a feature about Cutting Edge editor of the year Ryan Delamater. These stories, and more features, in the June 2009 issue of News Photographer magazine.