Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 198596" data-attributes="member: 1061">Winner winner chicken dinner!I think the small town newspapers will be okay, places like my area. There's not enough crowdsourcing available, so the staff guy's job is fine. Of course, being such a small paper they have a lot of other issues to worry about, like declining readership, etc. My local newspaper was just sold again. That's the 4th time in the last 10 years. It's not making any money. For the bigger cities: Boston, NY, Chicago, Miami, etc. Absolutely those guys are working on borrowed time. When you have readers sending in photos via iPhone for FREE by the masses, and freelancers willing to work for FREE or peanuts? There's no point in having a staff. Here's the problem:There is no national-level organization for photographers, a single unifying body. There are dozens of smaller ones (NPPA, ASMP, etc.) but there is nothing in place to keep editorial and freelance photographers from simply taking it on the chin at every turn. No one to negotiate rates, no one to go to court, or go on strike. This industry has shot itself in the foot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 198596, member: 1061"] Winner winner chicken dinner! I think the small town newspapers will be okay, places like my area. There's not enough crowdsourcing available, so the staff guy's job is fine. Of course, being such a small paper they have a lot of other issues to worry about, like declining readership, etc. My local newspaper was just sold again. That's the 4th time in the last 10 years. It's not making any money. For the bigger cities: Boston, NY, Chicago, Miami, etc. Absolutely those guys are working on borrowed time. When you have readers sending in photos via iPhone for FREE by the masses, and freelancers willing to work for FREE or peanuts? There's no point in having a staff. Here's the problem: There is no national-level organization for photographers, a single unifying body. There are dozens of smaller ones (NPPA, ASMP, etc.) but there is nothing in place to keep editorial and freelance photographers from simply taking it on the chin at every turn. No one to negotiate rates, no one to go to court, or go on strike. This industry has shot itself in the foot. [/QUOTE]

Verification