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#Reporter, #publisher, #photographer, #entrepreneur. CEO of digital publishing company Technology News and Literature. Photography chair, National Press Club in DC […]

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Probably my most-viewed photo ever is of Highmark Stadium, then Ralph Wilson Stadium, shot in Sept. 2014. As the Buffalo Bills get ready to play maybe their last game ever in that stadium, I tell how that photo came about in today's TechNewsLit Explores […]

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Panorama photo of the Buffalo Bills stadium, Sept. 2014.
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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I somehow missed the #alexandria, #virginia waterfront holiday show with Santa Claus on waterskis for the past 39 years. Not ths year. Plus the fireboat hose demonstrations were pretty cool.

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A waterskiier in a Santa Claus suit waves to onlookers. A fireboat demonstrates all of its firehoses at one time.
December 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Photo-shoot yesterday: #axios event on permitting legislation. Interviews with Rep. Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Bechtel chairman Brendan Bechtel, shown here

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Brendan Bechtel, chairman and CEO of Bechtel Corp. 9 Dec. 2025.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New photos available exclusively from the D.C. Notables gallery on the TechNewsLit collection at the Alamy photo agency: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/1317563/dcnotables.html

#photography #newsphotography […]

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Photo of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaking behind a lectern. Head and shoulers photo of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) with a backdrop from the Alzheimer's Association.
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The DoD investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is making #News today. See our report: https://write.as/technewslit/report-sen-mark-kelly-under-dod-investigation

Also in recent news: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) […]

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Photo of a seated Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) gesturing with his right hand.
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Photo-shoot today: #politico policy outlook for #financial #cybercrimes, with interviews of Reps Jim Himes (D-CT) and David Schweikert (R-AZ), plus industry experts.

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Photo of interview of Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) before a Politico backdrop. Photo of interview with Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) before a Politico backdrop.
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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As the six-part series "American Revolution" begins on PBS, photos of filmmaker and major funder David Rubenstein are available exclusively from the TechNewsLit portfolio at the Alamy photo agency.

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#kenburns #pbs #americanrevolution
Photo of filmmaker Ken Burns, in an Alamy frame and watermarks.
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Latest photo-shoot: Voice of America staff in lawsuit against Agency for Global Media at National Press Club, 12 Nov. 2025. Shown here: Plaintiffs (R-L) Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper.

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Photo of three women from VOA suing Agency for Global Media, one holding a microphone and speaking.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Photo-shoot yesterday: #federalreserve governor Lisa Cook, at the #Brookings Institution. Almost the entire discussion dealt with #economics, and not Trump's attempt to fire her from the Fed Board of Governors.

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ALT: Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook behind a lectern speaking at the Brookings Institution, 3 Nov. 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Photo-shoot last night ... Law professor, former U.S. attorney, and MSNBC commentator Joyce Vance at the National Press Club. Vance was interviewed by AP law enforcement editor and NPC president Mike Balsamo

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Joyce Vance at the National Press Club, 23 Oct. 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Joined the #nokings rally today in D.C. Very much of a street party vibe. Impromptu DJ in a chicken suit provided the music.

Photos show signs, banners, and costumes. Signs ranged from clever to angry to intellectual to raunchy […]

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Man holding a sign, "Stop kidnapping my neighbors", while giving the finger with his other hand.
October 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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A new collection of stock photos from the Alamy agency is available for news stories and features about electric power. Photos show wind turbines, an old coal-fired power plant, utility sub-station, and power lines […]

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Electric utility substation in Alamy frame and watermarks.
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Photo-shoot last night: Reception and conversation with Radio Free Europe reporter and former Russian prisoner Alsu Kurmasheva at the National Press Club.

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Alsu Kurmasheva speaking into a hand-held microphone.
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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We went to the Washington Nationals - Chicago White Sox game yesterday. Plenty of action and rain. Nats won 6-5.

Shown here: Nats' position players during National Anthem.

Big heroes: The ground crew for keeping the field playable.

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Washington Nationals position players in a line, with hats over their hearts, during the national anthem, 27 Sept. 2025.
September 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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New on TechNewsLit Explores ... A July 2025 news conference with an industry group and GOP lawmakers forecast Trump's new 50% #tariffs on kitchen cabinets, and captured at the time by a TechNewsLit photo-shoot.

Exclusive photos available from the Alamy agency […]

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Photos of L-R: Rep. Joe Wilson and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, in Alamy frames and watermarks.
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Photo-shoot yesterday: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), speaking at Center for American Progress, where he warned about the eroding democracy in the U.S. brought on by the Trump administration.

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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaking at Center for American Progress, 18 Sept. 2025.
September 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Lanternflies, considered invasive and destructive of crops, are swarming along the U.S. East Coast. At Cape May, NJ this week, we discovered that Atlantic ghost crabs feast on #lanternflies, and we have the pictures to prove it.

#photography #naturephotography #jerseyshore #capemay
Atlantic ghost crab consuming a lanternfly on a white beach.
September 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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National Press Club's annual members photo exhibit that I've organized since 2016 is live, continuing to September 30 in the Club's main lobby. Some 52 participants contributed 185 print photos and digital images displayed in continuous slideshows, with 106 of […]

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Logo for the National Press Club 2025 members photo exhibit, with the title: Capture the climate
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Photo-shoot this week for the Wire, the daily newsletter at National Press Club ... the annual journalism awards dinner. Here's Club president Mike Balsamo, right, presenting the President's Award to Dong Yifu, accepting for his father, imprisoned Chinese […]

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National Press Club president Mike Balsamo presents the President's Award certificate to Dong Yifu, son of jailed journalist and award winner Dong Y
August 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Had a chance today to see National Guard troops in D.C., around Union Station on Capitol Hill. A few residents and visitors chatted with the soldiers, who otherwise looked bored with nothing to do.

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Woman on a bicycle rides past a National Guard vehicle and soldier on a brick plaza in Washington, D.C.
August 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Arlington County (Va.) naturalist with a local reptilian resident today at the county fair. More fair photos ... https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Arlington-County-Fair

#photography #newsphotography #Arlington #virginia #naturalist #snake
Man in a white tee-shirt holds a black snake wrapped around his hand and forearm.
August 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Photo-shoot today at National Press Club: The Austin Tice hostage case, 13 years later. New developments in the Austin Tice case for the past year, from government, media, and intelligence sources.

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Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice, at the National Press Club.
August 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Returned late Monday from a weekend visit to New England: Street festival at Federal Hill in #Providence, Jet-Skis on Webster Lake and 60s muscle cars in Douglas, Mass. ... Photos: https://technewslitphoto.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/NewEngland-2025

#photography […]

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Three men sitting at an outdoor table drinking coffee.
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Third shoot this week: NCAA president and former Republican Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker, at the National Press Club, interviewed by Washington Post reporter Tara Copp. 24 July 2025.

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NCAA president Charlie Baker gestures while looking into the camera.
July 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Two other shoots this week, 1 of 2, former U.S. Rep Beto O'Rourke (D-TX, shown here) and ethics attorney Norm Eisen talk about Texas redistricting plans at Center for American Progress.

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Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaking into a hand-held microphone.
July 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM