From Shooting the D1X for National Geographic:

In the summer of 2002, Joe McNally was waging a campaign. He wanted two things - his tenth assignment from National Geographic magazine and permission to shoot it digitally - and he had a good story to help him make his case.

With all of the physical manipulation of lighting and arranging, this is anything but journalism, yet this article still provides insight into the move to digital photography in a publication that treasures photography.