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Newsdesk.org __

member since March 4, 2009

http://fotovision.org/pages/home.php

About Newsdesk.org __

Melanie Light is the founding executive director of fotovision, a nonprofit committed to helping working documentary photographers get the skills and the network they need to produce great, in-depth stories about the world we inhabit.

She is also a writer, co-author of Coal Hollow as well as writings about photographers such as Hansel Mieth, Donna Ferrato and Micha Bar Am.She is currently working on a project about the Great Cental Valley in California. She has captured sound for multimedia pieces in collaboration with photographers.

What is Spot.us?

Spot.Us is an open source project to pioneer "community powered reporting." Through Spot.Us the public can commission and participate with journalists to do reporting on important and perhaps overlooked topics. Contributions are tax deductible and we partner with news organizations to distribute content under appropriate licenses.