Photojournalism in the Comics
January 16th, 2007 by Dan GillmorCheck out today’s WhattheDuck strip. Unfortunately, there’s some likelihood that at least a few newspapers will do just what he’s sarcastically suggesting.
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January 16th, 2007 at 7:20 am
One of the UK’s leading regional newspapers did very similar. The Manchester Evening News now relies on just freelance photographers, there are no in-house staffers! Maybe that’s why I saw a standalone picture of a Bulgarian dancer in the paper a couple of days ago with no reference to Manchester whatsoever.
January 16th, 2007 at 8:24 am
There are several issues. I do believe the need for staff photographers for breaking news is diminishing, as I said in a recent posting. But to rely on freebies from amateurs strikes me as mistake all around.
January 16th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Good cartoon. Looks like yesterday’s skepticism is about to become today’s conventional wisdom (as in, unpaid freelancing is not actually the greatest thing ever, for anything but media company profits).
January 21st, 2007 at 5:26 am
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September 12th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
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