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6 May 2023 | Princess Charlotte of Wales arrives at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (c) Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

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British Royal Family -  King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the Sunday service at the Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) | February 11, 2024

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Classy lass

Caitríona Balfe attends Harrods Iconic Dining Hall relaunch hosted by Stanley Tucci on October 5, 2023 in London (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Harrods)

All the best Caitríona Balfe photos from her recent appearances at stylish events and on the red carpet

The Outlander actress and former model always looks amazing and she's a regular on the high-society scene in London, Paris and New York

Fans are currently in the midst of another 'Droughtlander' with the second half of season 7 not due to hit our screens until November.

In the meantime, however, at least we are getting to see plenty of Claire Fraser – also known as Irish actress Caitríona Balfe – as she tours the world attending glamorous and glitzy events.

The former model, 44, is often seen with famous faces such as Stella McCartney or Carey Mulligan... and of course, her Scots co-star Sam Heughan, who plays on-screen hubby Jamie Fraser. Here's a selection of the best images from the past 12 months:

Ladies who lunch

(L to R) Caitríona Balfe, Micaela Marconi and Carey Mulligan attend a special lunch to celebrate "Maestro", hosted by Charles Finch, at Maison Assouline on December 1, 2023 in London (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Netflix)

It’s all a blur

Caitríona Balfe attends the LOEWE FOUNDATION Studio Voltaire Award 2023 on October 10, 2023 in London (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for LOEWE)

With the REAL husband (emphasis not Brian’s)

Caitríona Balfe and her husband Tony McGill attend the UK Special Screening after party for "Leave The World Behind" at Kettners on November 29, 2023 in London (Image: Dave Benett/WireImage)

Razzmatazz

Caitríona Balfe attends the Charles Finch & CHANEL 2024 Pre-BAFTA Party at 5 Hertford Street on February 17, 2024 in London (Image: John Phillips/Getty Images)

Polka party

Caitríona Balfe attends the launch of Manzi's Soho, in partnership with Choose Love, on July 6, 2023 in London (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for The Wolseley Hospitality Group)

A night at the theatre

(L to R) Caitríona Balfe, Gloria Obianyo, Tobias Menzies and Sophie Okonedo attend the press night after party for "Portia Coghlan" at The Almeida Theatre on October 17, 2023 in London (Image: Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Vive la France!

Delphine Arnault and Caitríona Balfe at Loewe Ready To Wear Spring 2024 held at Esplanade Saint Louis on September 29, 2023 in Paris, France (Image: Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images)

A night on the town

Caitríona Balfe attends the private view of "Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto" at The V&A on September 13, 2023 in London (Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage)

Cait and Stella

Caitríona Balfe and Stella McCartney attend the NET-A-PORTER x Stella McCartney cocktail party during London Fashion Week to celebrate the Stella McCartney FW23 Runway collection at The Box Soho on September 15, 2023 in London (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for NET-A-PORTER)

Here’s where Brian passed his 10-image limit…

With Big Sam 👨🏼👩🏻

Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe attend Outlander Season 7 World Premiere At Tribeca Film Festival at OKX Theatre at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on June 09, 2023 in New York City (Image: Getty Images for STARZ)

New York, New York 👩🏻👨🏻

Caitríona Balfe and Zachary Quinto attend Outlander Season 7 World Premiere At Tribeca Film Festival at Verōnikaon June 09, 2023 in New York City

The famous four 👩🏻👨🏼👩🏼👨🏻

Sam Heughan, Caitríona Balfe, Sophie Skelton and Richard Rankin attend Outlander Season 7 World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC (Image: Getty Images for STARZ)

Check the link for the three missing photos:

Scottish Daily Express

Remember… only six more months of Droughtlander to go… 🙃

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Here's the original photo 👇🏽

5 June 2015 Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh attend Bicentenary Celebrations of The Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, England. Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

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Here’s your first look at Prince William and Kate Middleton in ‘The Crown’ The next season of "The Crown" will depict Will and Kate's college romance.

Photo [1] [2] Actor Ed McVey, as Prince William and actress Meg Bellamy, film "The Crown" at St. Andrews in March 2023.Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images [3] The real Kate Middleton at St Andrews graduation ceremony.Michael Dunlea / AFP via Getty Images [4] Prince William arrives for his first day of school at St. Andrews University September 23, 2001 in Scotland. UK Press / Getty Images

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The Prince of Wales Attends The Sovereign's Parade At The Royal Air Force College Cranwell

Prince William delivers a speech as he attends the Sovereign's Parade on behalf of King Charles III at the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell on 12 September 2024 in Sleaford, England.

The parade will feature 48 Royal Air Force cadets and 4 international officer cadets from Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, and Uganda, graduating from the commissioned warrant officers course and modular initial officer training.

📸: Samir Hussein / WireImage / Mark Cuthbert / UK Press via Getty Images / Chris Jackson / Getty Images

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Chelsy Davy, Zara Phillips & Kate Middleton Attend The Rundle Cup Day At Tidworth Polo Club July 15, 2006. (Photo by Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images)

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Celebrities’ Heartwarming Stories About Meeting Princess Diana

Diana The Princess Of Wales , Sir Elton John Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images ; Neil Mockford/GC Images Many celebrities had the honor of meeting Princess Diana before her tragic death, and they have a lot of great stories about the late royal. Diana and Elton John, who has been a close friend of the royal family for years, met numerous times and ultimately became pals on their own. The…

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Keir Starmer pulls Margaret Thatchers Downing Street portrait down after finding it unsettling

The Labour Prime Minister is said to have removed the painting just weeks after moving into Downing Street, in a move that had infuriated Tory fans of the Iron Lady who said Starmer had ‘no respect’ Sir Keir Starmer is said to have found the portrait of Baroness Thatcher, to be ‘unsettling’ ( Image: PA) Keir Starmer is said to have had Margaret Thatcher’s Downing Street portrait pulled down – after finding it “unsettling”. Just weeks after moving into Number 10, Sir Keir has reportedly made a major change within the building which has been the centre of the UK Government for almost 300 years. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a left-leaning lawyer who graduated in 1985, the Labour leader is said to have kicked divisive former Tory PM Maggie’s portrait out of the building. The UK’s new leader is said to have found the portrait of Thatcher, who served a tumultuous stint as Conservative PM from 1979 to 1990, to be “unsettling” with the Iron Lady looking down on him. After demolishing a similarly long-lasting and disastrous Tory government last month, Starmer appears to be making good on his promise to “reset” and “change” politics after decades of failure. Running as Friday’s front page for the Daily Mail and Telegraph, the move to take down the portrait of Britain’s first female Prime Minister has infuriated some Tories, with former MP Jacob Rees-Mogg calling the move “unbecoming of a Prime Minister who has a role representing the nation, not just his political faction.” But many within Labour have spent decades opposing Thatcher’s ultra-libertarian, union-bashing, and divisive style of politics According to the Prime Minister’s biographer, Tom Baldwin, the decision to take the large portrait out of a room in Downing Street, unofficially dubbed the ‘Thatcher Room’, was made while Starmer was examining the paintings of former leaders. Baldwin asked: “It’s a bit unsettling with her staring down as you like that, isn’t it?” King Charles ‘profoundly saddened’ as he issues powerful tribute to ‘wise and compassionate’ king Prime Minister Gordon Brown helps Baroness Thatcher with the Downing Street steps in 2009 ( Image: AFP/Getty Images) Prime minister Keir Starmer meets Paralympic Stars as they train ahead of the Paris Paralympic Games today ( Image: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street) The Labour leader, who drew fire from his own party for expressing admiration for the long-serving female PM during the election campaign, is reported to have agreed. Then when Baldwin pressed him on whether he would get rid of the portrait, he agreed again. Baldwin added: “And he has.” Surprisingly, the “unsettling” portrait of Thatcher was originally hung before David Cameron swept to power, with then Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown commissioning and unveiling the painting in Downing Street in 2009, at an event with Mrs Thatcher. Keir Starmer has previously praised the former PM for “setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism,” but on the campaign trail slammed decades fo Conservative policy that has “decimated” the country’s former industrial heartlands. But with the Conservative Party in tatters after an all-time historic loss of 251 seats in July, causing the leadership in England and Scotland to collapse, upstart contenders have been quick to slam the move by the Labour PM. Meghan Gallacher, who wants to be leader of the Scottish Tories, said: “It’s disgraceful that Keir Starmer would remove a picture of Britain’s first female Prime Minister. “Regardless of your opinions on Margaret Thatcher, she paved the way for women in politics and tackled sexist stereotypes head on. She’s an inspiration for many, a defining figure in British politics, and she deserves to be recognised for her many achievements. Her legacy should be honoured, the portrait should be returned.” Source link via The Novum Times

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Photojournalism | News Research

Video Notes

Changing from physical papers to internet/online presence

Decline in newspaper sales

Fewer people are interested in physical newspapers

2.25 million readers lost interest in newspapers

Half a million people stopped buying Sunday papers

Advertising makes up the majority of newspaper pages

Adverts have moved from physical newspapers to online advertising

Local papers have taken the largest hit

Advertisements are the main source of income for newspaper businesses

Journalists, editors, and newspaper staff face job loss

The newspaper has faced revolutions before (radio, TV, etc.)

Modernisation began in the 1980s

Fleet Street was the newspaper 'hub' of the country up until the '80s

"Modernisation" was transferring to computerised offices

The only major British paper not to lose readers in the previous year was The Sun

The Sun won more awards than any other paper

They reduced their price to keep customers (still retaining good profits)

The Sun's main competitor is The Mirror

120-page newspaper, 30,000 copies per hour (40 pages in colour) upgraded to 80,000 copies per hour (all pages in colour)

Investing in new technology and processes

Due to these investments, some papers had to increase prices

Free giveaways are a technique used to boost sales i.e. when The Sun was giving away a free CD copy of McFly's newest album at the time - The Sun gained 300,000 additional readers and the McFly album reached 2.5 million listeners in one weekend

Metro 55% news and 45% advertisements

Robert Murdoch - CEO of News Corporation

The digital revolution is bringing more competition

If readers can't immediately find something on your website - they'll look elsewhere

Videos were being introduced as a form of news outlet on websites/online

Online news is generally free which has an impact on newspaper profitability

Two-thirds of the Guardian's readers are out with the UK

The market is global - no longer physically/geographically restricted

Reader-specific advertising to improve adverts and reader experience

Amazon released the Kindle - subscriptions to newspapers available (as well as books) portable, user-friendly

The younger population tends not to read traditional newspapers

Presentation Questions

Where do you get news?

Television

Radio

Social Media e.g. Twitter

Online newspaper websites

Word of mouth

Four tenets of a newspaper:

Accessible by the public

Published at regular intervals

Information is current

Covers a variety of topics

Why were newspapers so powerful?

The main or only source of news for a long time

Influential

With the inevitable demise of newspapers, what are the implications for photographers today?

Less work

Reduced pay

Stock photos over hiring out

More easily accessible images via the internet

No job security

Paparazzi dominating tabloids

"Citizen" Journalism i.e. newspapers buying images from citizens/pedestrians who happened to take a snap on their phone

Benefits of online news

Larger audience

More exposure

Opportunities for press photographers

Freelance work

Agency work

Can send images to papers rather than working for them

Don't have to wait to be "discovered"

Benefits of working for an agency

Guaranteed work

Additional opportunities

Job security

Benefits

Photo Agencies

Agent France Presse

Reuters

Corbis

Getty

Magnum

Broadsheets

The Times

Sunday Times

The Telegraph

The Guardian

The Observer

The Herald

The Scotsman

The Independent

Tabloids

The Sun

The Mirror

The Daily Mail

The Daily Record

Sunday Mail

Tabloid/Broadsheet Task

What is the photographic style of the paper? Why do you think that is? Daily Record - Attention-grabbing with various images to keep the reader's attention. The Independent - Takes a more organised/structured approach primarily full of informative articles and fewer images.

How many images are in the paper? 161 images in the independent vs. 189 in The Daily Record.

How many are credited? Only 18 of the 161 images were credited to The Independent

Comment on the layout of the paper. What proportion text, what proportion images? In The Independent, there is an even split of images and text, whereas The Daily Record has slightly more images than text.

Freelance or Staff - can you tell? When looking for credited images, sometimes the same names appear which might indicate these photographers are staff for the paper as their images are used consistently throughout.

Comment on the quality of the image and effectiveness; does it tell the story? The images with accompanying text work well to help convey the story.

Look for similar stories/events. An article regarding Russia and Ukraine.

Where is the article? Page 23 in The Daily Record, page 33 in The Independent.

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6 May 2023 | The Duchess of Edinburgh arrives at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (c) Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

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British Royal Family - The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, visits The London College of Fashion in London, England. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) | February 19, 2024

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19 June 2023 Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester attends the Order Of The Garter Service at Windsor Castle. Photos by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

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A great piece by Nora Dominick of BuzzFeed today on the newest cast members of The Crown. "The First Look At Prince William And Kate Middleton For The Upcoming Final Season"

Ed McVey as Prince William in The Crown Season 6, and real Prince William in 2001, around the time he started attending St. Andrews in Scotland, where he met Kate. Photo: Keith Bernstein / Netflix, Uk Press/ Getty Images

Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton, and the real Kate Middleton in 2005 being photographed at her graduation from St. Andrews. Photo: Netflix, Tim Graham/ Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images

Ed and Meg together as William and Kate in The Crown vs. the real William and Kate in 2007, during one of their earliest (official) public appearances together. Photo: Justin Downing/ Netflix, Max Mumby/ Getty Images

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Prince of Wales Visits The Saatchi Gallery To View the Homelessness: Reframed Exhibition

Prince William attends the "Homelessness: Reframed" exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery on 5 September 2024 in London, England.

Prince William met with artists behind the newly commissioned works for the exhibition, as well as individuals whose personal experiences have served as inspiration for some of the pieces.

📸: Mark Cuthbert / UK Press via Getty Images

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South American Leaders Block “War Criminal Thug and West’s Puppet Zionist Zelensky” From Summit – Euractiv

Their counter-proposal also “deleted everything about Ukraine” from a text proposed by the EU

War Criminal Thug, Zionist, Puppet of the US, UK, Germany, France, EU, North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) and their Puppets: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky © Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has purged every reference to Ukraine from a joint declaration proposed by the EU, the outlet Euractiv reported on Thursday. CELAC objections also forced the EU to dis-invite Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky from a forthcoming joint summit.

The 33-member South American bloc is scheduled to hold a joint summit with the EU in Brussels, starting on July 17. Spain had initially invited Zelensky to attend, but the invitation was “dropped” after “pushback” from CELAC leaders, Euractiv reported.

Ahead of the meeting, the EU sent over a draft of a joint declaration, which included support for Ukraine, climate change and green energy pledges, combating corruption, and other major EU policy goals. On Tuesday, the CELAC sent back a 21-page counter-proposal, which “deleted everything about Ukraine,” one EU diplomat told Euractiv.

The counter-proposal says the EU and CELAC would “advocate for serious and constructive diplomatic solutions to the current conflict in Europe, by peaceful means, which guarantees the sovereignty and security of us all, as well as regional and international peace, stability and security,” according to Euractiv.

The EU regards it as “crucial” that the declaration condemns “Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine” and contains specific language about the UN Charter, sovereignty and territorial integrity, said one unnamed diplomat. Brussels also wanted an explicit commitment to Zelensky’s “peace platform,” which the CELAC has rejected.

Most Latin American countries have repeatedly said they don’t wish to be dragged into a conflict they see as primarily a European problem. One CELAC diplomat told Euractiv that the summit needs to be about more than the Ukraine conflict, and address issues that matter to the region, including a stalled trade pact between the EU and Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. CELAC has also asked Europeans to pay reparations for the damages caused by slavery.

One EU diplomat told Euractiv that the counter-proposal shows “we are not on the same wavelength” and that “it looks like they want to be perceived as equal partners.”

EU ministers are scheduled to discuss the counter-proposal at a meeting on Friday, and will have to decide how much they are willing to compromise, or if they will press ahead with the summit without a joint communique.