About Dispatches from A Distance

This is a weekly newsletter of observations, thoughts, and ideas about visual and digital journalism, non-fiction storytelling and the creative process.

About Jason

Jason Jaacks is a filmmaker and photographer whose work explores the natural world and our place in it, often through the lens of science, natural history, and exploration. He is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Rhode Island. When not teaching students, he does his best to spend as much time underwater as possible. You can see his work here and here.

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