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Tiny Camera to Rival the Pros

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This is a review of the best pocket camera ever made.

The Sony RX100 has a huge one-inch sensor — the biggest ever stuffed into a pocketable zoom camera. More Photos »

But first, a history lesson.

For years camera makers worried about competition from only one source: other camera makers. But in the end, the most dangerous predator came from an unexpected direction: cellphones.

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How journalists decide to interview

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How journalists decide whether to interview by phone, email or face-to-face?

"I recently came across a 1997 American Journalism Review story that discussed “the newest communication tool” for journalists: email interviews.

In the years since, stories highlighting email interviews have often placed journalists into two camps: those who think they’re acceptable and those who don’t. But as I’ve learned from my own interviewing methods and from talking with other journalists, the issue’s not that black and white."

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