On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:47 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Walt >> On 6/4/2013 1:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On Jun 4, 2013, at 11:11 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Too bad I don't have a subscription to cancel. >>>>> Why, might I ask? Does it matter how the paper gets their >>>>> photos? Not much resolution is required for reproduction on >>>>> newsprint stock. >>>> Not to answer for John, but my concern wouldn't be the camera used, >>>> but the firing of the photojournalists and the loss of their >>>> expertise. >>>> >>> A good point. The jobs of some photographers will go away. I >>> provide both copy and photos for all of the pubs I work for, but >>> that's not common. However, it might have to be if newspapers are >>> to survive. They can't make ends meet on the old model. That's been >>> proven. Cost cutting is essential, and if a quality product can be >>> delivered at less cost by combining photographer and journalist >>> roles -- even at larger pubs -- it's going to happen. The other >>> choice is no newspaper and no jobs. >>> >>> BTW, most newspaper staff photographer jobs are already gone. The >>> vast majority of pubs depend on freelancers at minimal rates when >>> they have to and use stock photography much of the time. Training >>> reporters to generate their own photos might actually be an >>> upgrade. >> I'm not so sure it will work out any better than it would have if they'd >> just fired all the reporters and trained the photographers to write. > > FWIW, I wouldn't have wanted that any more than I wanted to see them fire all > the photographers. As I said earlier, I doubt that many photographers will be fired as a result of this, because very few are employed full time by newspapers. Most pubs depend largely on freelancers and stock. Arming reporters with IPhones may well result in a better product. Paul > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
