Comments on: Get the People to Take the Pictures http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John McCoy http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-3185 John McCoy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/#comment-3185 I know it's old news, but the above blog post is bad on all fronts. To suggest that photos taken on household cameras from the stands could replace professional photojournalism is ludicrous. Second, to deprive the readers of this coverage to make a point would be short selling the public. For the most part, these schools are publicly funded including playing fields, uniforms, coaches, equipment, etc. Newspapers have covered them for a century or more. Now that the IHSA sees there might be another dime to squeeze out of the public, they were all over that. The appropriate thing was done. The press people put their foot down, took it to the proper channels (courts and legislature) and the IHSA backed down. You call it obnoxious. I call it justice. I know it’s old news, but the above blog post is bad on all fronts. To suggest that photos taken on household cameras from the stands could replace professional photojournalism is ludicrous. Second, to deprive the readers of this coverage to make a point would be short selling the public.

For the most part, these schools are publicly funded including playing fields, uniforms, coaches, equipment, etc. Newspapers have covered them for a century or more. Now that the IHSA sees there might be another dime to squeeze out of the public, they were all over that.

The appropriate thing was done. The press people put their foot down, took it to the proper channels (courts and legislature) and the IHSA backed down. You call it obnoxious. I call it justice.

]]> By: Steven Hilton http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-2095 Steven Hilton Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:24:13 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/#comment-2095 I mostly agree, but... What's in it for the newspaper if fans published their own photos of a sporting event? Are you suggesting fans submit the photos to the *paper* for publication in the paper's print or online edition? Would the fans/stringers be paid for their work? I mostly agree, but…

What’s in it for the newspaper if fans published their own photos of a sporting event?

Are you suggesting fans submit the photos to the *paper* for publication in the paper’s print or online edition? Would the fans/stringers be paid for their work?

]]> By: Delia http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 Delia Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:01:04 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/11/02/get-the-people-to-take-the-pictures/#comment-2094 Dan, if people are asked *nicely* and their help is really appreciated, they may well do it... but the "get the people to take the pictures" phrase doesn't clarify the approach... D. Dan, if people are asked *nicely* and their help is really appreciated, they may well do it… but the “get the people to take the pictures” phrase doesn’t clarify the approach… D.

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