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DigitalPhotography2MarcusBleasdaleandWalterMitty
Answerthefollowing10questionsincompletesentences.2pointseach.20pointstotal.
AfterreadingthearticleTheStoryBehindthePhotoThatInspiredWalterMittysJourneybySonia
HarmonofNationalGeographicfoundat
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/02/thestorybehindthephotothatinspiredwaltermittys
journey/pleaseanswerthefollowing5questions(15).
1.

HowdidMarcusBeasdaleinitiallygetinvolvedwiththefilm?

2.

Hadhisphotosinthefilmbeenpublishedelsewherebefore?

3.

WhatinspiredMarcusBleasdaletobecomeaphotographer?

4.

DidyouthinkthatthemovieTheSecretLifeofWalterSmittyportrayedPhotoJournalistasagoodor
badprofession?Why?

5.

DoyouwanttobeaPhotoJournalist?Whyorwhynot?

Thenext5questionsaretakenfromConflictMineralsbyJefferyGettelmanofNational
Geographicfoundathttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/conflictminerals/gettlemantextplease
answerthefollowing5questions(610).
6.

WhathasunleashedtheviolenceintheCongo?

7.

WhatisthestorythisarticleisaboutintermsoftheCongo?

8.

Whathappenedaround2008?

9.

Whatistheproblem?

10. Doyouthinkitishardtobeaphotojournalist?Why?