James Nachtwey's story

Monday, September 29th, 2008

In 2007, photographer James Nachtwey won the TED Prize which awarded him $100,000 and “one wish to change the world”. His wish was:

I’m working on a story that the world needs to know about. I wish for you to help me break it in a way that provides spectacular proof of the power of news photography in the digital age.

On 3 October, Nachtwey’s story will break — both online and around the world. Melburnians can view his story at Federation Square while the rest of you should check the TED Prize Event Location page to see if it’s being shown at your location (it’s on in 16 countries). If not, you can always view it online:

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    Carl Joseph said,

    October 16, 2008 @ 1:20 pm

    Having just come back online after about a month I found this. Was wondering what the story was that he broke on October 3rd? Can’t seem to find out about it in my preliminary searches.

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    Carl Joseph said,

    October 16, 2008 @ 1:22 pm

    Never mind, found it here: http://www.xdrtb.org/newsroom.php

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    Ameel Khan said,

    October 16, 2008 @ 2:19 pm

    Sorry about that — I should have followed-up with the XDR-TB URL. Thanks for posting it :)

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