Discusses innovation in photojournalism, i.e., transition to electronic photography, wherein darkrooms have been replaced by computer terminals and digital cameras are the norm. Places a digital camera's cost at $15,000, not including an $8000 laptop Macintosh (and software) needed to complete it. Notes that this technology allows the…

Defines a digital photograph as a numerical record of light electronically measured and recorded by a computer's scanner. States that most personal computers cannot do digital photography successfully and that digital pictures can be hard to manage and present a storage problem. Finds that, once the school has the hardware/software, picture…

Finds that the recent National Press Photographers Association code of ethics can serve as a model for any photography staff. Discusses how digital imaging is becoming commonplace in classrooms, due to decreasing costs and easier software. Explains digital terminology. Concludes that time saved in the darkroom and at the printer is now spent on…