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Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Carol Squiers, a writer nd editor at American Photo magazine, Sophie Elbaz a photojournalist based in aris, France and Lester Sloan, a photographer who worked with Newsweek magazine or 25 years. They answer the question "Is photojournalism dead?" and look at he current state of photojournalism.

- Daniel talks with William Martin, author of the book "With God On Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America." Martin says the Christian Coalition sucess in recent years is based in the members ability to form highly organized grassroots campaigns. Martin also says that suggestions that the Christian Coalition has peaked politically is not accurate.

Critic Bob Mondello offers a remembrance of the former New York Times drama critic Walter Kerr, who died Wednesday.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports on today's recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, Bishop Carlos Belo and resistance leader Jose Ramos-Horta. The two men have worked for a peaceful solution in East Timor, which has been in turmoil since Indonesia invaded it in 1975.

Critic Bob Mondello reviews Neil Jordan's latest film, named for the Irish freedom fighter who organized and fought against England's occupation after the Easter Uprising of 1916.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem that after another round of peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at Taba today, there is still no indication that progress on the main issue of an Israeli withdrawal from Hebron has been made. The Israeli and Palestinian negotiators express very different views of how the talks are going.

A number of questions asked by participants in last night's debate were about what the presidential candidates intend to do about health care and Medicare. The answers they both gave were pretty much what they've been saying for the last two years. Voters are likely to remain confused and worried, though not necessarily scared, since the candidates answers will no doubt remain vague until after the election. NPR's Joanne Silberner truth-squads politics and health care issues.

NPR'S Richard Gonzales reports on the fizzling fate of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), which would ban state affirmative action programs. It was expected to provoke lots of political debate, but except for professional pundits, most organizations that could be affected aren't very interested. And the number of voters who are undecided on the issue has grown.

entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell reviews the movie "Bound."

- Jacki talks with Brian Taves (TAYVES) of the Library of Congress about J.E. Williamson, a pioneer of undersea photography. The Library has just finished restoring Williamson's 1932 autobiographical film, "With Williamson Beneath The Sea." Williamson's invention, the "photosphere" enabled him to film undersea fish life for scientific purposes and to shoot underwater scenes for Hollywood movies. The photosphere was an observation "tank" with enough space for a couple of people and for cameras. It was suspended from a boat by a long tube that provided oxygen. Williamson's best-known film is a silent version of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1916). Jacki also talks with Williamson's daughter, Sylvia Munro. Munro has fond memories of the hours she spent in the photosphere when she was a child.