Michael

It’s a bit different than critiquing a photo.  Instead of paying attention to exposure, focus, overall composition and potential edits, you’re looking at anatomy, form, proportion, eye, bill, leg color or shade relative to body, You’re spending real time studying  the image, not seconds or minutes.  I’m NOT dissing the artistry of photography, or —for that matter — the difficulty and patience and time required to get a good shot of a small, moving target in a tree or a tangle of brush.  Drawing forces you to notice anatomical details that the photographer might not think about, at least when he or she is pressing the shutter.  In my view, drawing requires a deeper look and would probably lead the committed journalist to learn more about the subject than the photographer.  Although not necessarily.