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No future in photojournalism?
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Spotted this on dpreview - an interview with a photojournalist who went from stills to shooting video.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9982656...-dan-chung

Quote:'Photojournalism as a profession has taken a bit of a nosedive in recent years. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to be in continuous employment, I’m not immune to the longer-term trend, which is pretty desperate if you’re talking about make a living. I took a strategic decision to get more into video and it’s been reasonably successful.'
I wonder how true that statement is... is the market too saturated? Barriers of entry to the profession lower? Employers / media consumers demanding more and paying less?
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(Feb 13, 2012, 05:40)shuttertalk Wrote:  Spotted this on dpreview - an interview with a photojournalist who went from stills to shooting video.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9982656...-dan-chung

Quote:'Photojournalism as a profession has taken a bit of a nosedive in recent years. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to be in continuous employment, I’m not immune to the longer-term trend, which is pretty desperate if you’re talking about make a living. I took a strategic decision to get more into video and it’s been reasonably successful.'
I wonder how true that statement is... is the market too saturated? Barriers of entry to the profession lower? Employers / media consumers demanding more and paying less?
It seems to be going out the window.. more and more "reporters" are tagged with a photographer from the newspaper & from what I get here its the reporter who tells the photographer (even employed by the paper) on what to shoot.. strange indeed=saturation is killing it

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(Feb 22, 2012, 01:19)Warren Wrote:  its the reporter who tells the photographer (even employed by the paper) on what to shoot.. strange indeed

I have heard about this. It's appalling.
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