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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on May 30, 2013, 03:31:19 PM
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The Chicago Sun-Times has laid off its entire photography staff, and plans to use freelance photographers and reporters to shoot photos and video going forward, the newspaper said.
A total of 28 full-time staffers received the news Thursday morning at a meeting held at the Sun-Times offices in Chicago, according to sources familiar with the situation. The layoffs are effective immediately.
The newspaper released a statement suggesting the move reflected the increasing importance of video in news reporting:
"The Sun-Times business is changing rapidly and our audiences are consistently seeking more video content with their news. We have made great progress in meeting this demand and are focused on bolstering our reporting capabilities with video and other multimedia elements. The Chicago Sun-Times continues to evolve with our digitally savvy customers, and as a result, we have had to restructure the way we manage multimedia, including photography, across the network."
The company is also preparing to supplement its freelance staff with reporters to shoot more video and photos, according to sources.
LINK (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-chicago-sun-times-photo-20130530,0,4361142.story)
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Freelancers might do a better job of getting breaking news photos. There is a locally based website that provides breaking news about crimes in the area, and they upload videos and pictures fast. The local newspaper and TV station have used their pictures and videos.
I think several of the site operators sit around listening to the scanner.
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Everyone in the print news business should not be stunned by a sudden layoff. They have no reason to exist.
The same should apply to brick-n-mortar school personnel.
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Not surprised.
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Maybe they can hire this freelancer:
(http://www.shinozuka.org/spiderman/spiderman_m3.jpg)
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Maybe they can hire this freelancer:
(http://www.shinozuka.org/spiderman/spiderman_m3.jpg)
:lmao:
Too bad Nadin lives 2000 miles away.
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ObamaCare
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:lmao:
Too bad Nadin lives 2000 miles away.
That's the first thing I thought too. I guess she could email them some funtastic photos though.
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This is the pic they ran of the staff's reaction:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AuMYmayBiwk/R6Kc0FtAD3I/AAAAAAAAAB8/Itq8Hgf_nMk/s400/train-groupS.jpg)
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Everyone in the print news business should not be stunned by a sudden layoff. They have no reason to exist.
The same should apply to brick-n-mortar school personnel.
You're right about traditional media but big papers still have some political influence; the reason why the Koch brothers will make a play for all of the Tribune's papers.
As for photography, the media relies on all of us to be in the right place at the wrong time and just lifts a still.