Photojournalism in Today's World provides an intelligent and practical look at photojournalism and the newsroom. Remarkable in its breadth and its clarity in connecting the various facets that make up visual news reporting and comprehension, Langton's book is an essential guide for aspiring photojournalists and young professionals to newsroom culture, and how that culture influences photographic assignments, production, and editing. It also explores the relationships formed between photographers and their subjects, and it considers ethical issues, changes brought about by on-line publications and visual reportage from Iraq. In its largest sense, creating Visual Reality suggests how news photographs contribute to a visual understanding of the world.

In a field all too often dominated by strictly "how-to" books, Langton provides an inviting mix of practical issues supported by in-depth examples from the field and critical thinking about photography, journalism and newsroom culture. Written by an award-winning photo editor and director of photography, and based on interviews with more than seventy high-profile journalists, the book will appeal to undergraduates and young professionals alike.