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Newark Star Ledger Cuts 80% of Photo Staff
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 288220" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>No hijacking here - it's all part of the business that made this happen. Some points...</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The photo staff is already setup to post as quickly as the reporter with the iPhone. Eye-Fi card sends the shot to their iPhone and boom it's uploaded. It's how their shots get to the editorial staff for the paper as well. The difference? They no longer have to pay someone <em>just </em>to take pictures.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was the Sun Times that let go of its staff, and the Ledger seems to be following that model. No word yet on just how much stringer use there will be. The pre-headcutting explanation was that they were going to become content providers for NJ news outlets, but it seems that photo content will either be the responsibility of the reporters, or they will be going to the Weather Channel model of encouraging "newsies" to send their stuff in. As was said, people nowadays just want to see a picture. Photos that tell a story are better, but not worth paying for.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are many outlets that pay staff to shoot, including AP that keeps a staff for large events. A number of well known photographers work for themselves and get "On Assignment For" credits. Like "investigative news" teams, photo staffs are being dropped all over as the need for quality (and information) loses over the immediacy (and speculation). Magazines (which are also dying) keep staff, but those that survive will shift focus from content based on current events and instead focus on enriched content that fills a niche.</li> </ul><p></p><p>I suspect my brother will land on his feet, likely making photography a side business. He's been doing the back end of digital for as long as it's been out there, and if he doesn't get snatched up by Canon as a field rep of sorts he can likely do whatever anyone would need from the computer to software end of things. He's also been doing custom printing for a while, including all the gallery prints for some well known photographers and all the shots for NJ and NY Press Photographer Assoc award shows. He and his family have known that this day would come, so they've been preparing and he's had irons in the fire just in case. It'll be interesting to see what he does next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 288220, member: 9240"] No hijacking here - it's all part of the business that made this happen. Some points... [LIST] [*]The photo staff is already setup to post as quickly as the reporter with the iPhone. Eye-Fi card sends the shot to their iPhone and boom it's uploaded. It's how their shots get to the editorial staff for the paper as well. The difference? They no longer have to pay someone [I]just [/I]to take pictures. [*]It was the Sun Times that let go of its staff, and the Ledger seems to be following that model. No word yet on just how much stringer use there will be. The pre-headcutting explanation was that they were going to become content providers for NJ news outlets, but it seems that photo content will either be the responsibility of the reporters, or they will be going to the Weather Channel model of encouraging "newsies" to send their stuff in. As was said, people nowadays just want to see a picture. Photos that tell a story are better, but not worth paying for. [*]There are many outlets that pay staff to shoot, including AP that keeps a staff for large events. A number of well known photographers work for themselves and get "On Assignment For" credits. Like "investigative news" teams, photo staffs are being dropped all over as the need for quality (and information) loses over the immediacy (and speculation). Magazines (which are also dying) keep staff, but those that survive will shift focus from content based on current events and instead focus on enriched content that fills a niche. [/LIST] I suspect my brother will land on his feet, likely making photography a side business. He's been doing the back end of digital for as long as it's been out there, and if he doesn't get snatched up by Canon as a field rep of sorts he can likely do whatever anyone would need from the computer to software end of things. He's also been doing custom printing for a while, including all the gallery prints for some well known photographers and all the shots for NJ and NY Press Photographer Assoc award shows. He and his family have known that this day would come, so they've been preparing and he's had irons in the fire just in case. It'll be interesting to see what he does next. [/QUOTE]
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