May 04, 2008

One third of the The National Press Photographers Members To Lose Their Job This Year

That was the claim by Dirck Halstead, in May's Letter From The Publisher of Digital Journalist, they claim:
2008 will go down as "The Year the Newspapers Died." Publications are in free fall due to dropping circulation and falling advertising. Unfortunately, one of the first places the publisher turns to in order to cut costs is the photo department. We estimate that this year, as many as one third of the membership of The National Press Photographers Association will be out of a job.
While I didn't see any back-up to that claim, there is some other doom and gloom for photojournalists in this issue. Also, Terry Heaton for the Digital Journalist looks at the growth of the citizen journalist.

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April 30, 2008

Photographers Rights

Yes, as a photographer you do have some rights.

For the sports photographer this might not be as big an issue as it is for others. But I can imagine that a photographer somewhere might be approached on school grounds while taking pictures of your own child participating in a sport. Photographer's rights is a hot topic right now on several blogs and podcasts. There is some good information and reference material that I wanted to share with all of you. One of my all-time favorite podcast, Tips From The Top Floor, also had a segment on the topic of photographer's rights in a recent show entitled, "Attack of the Killer Cameras." The show also This is a great podcast that is a fun to listen to and a resource on many photography topics. The host, Chris Marquardt is funny and engaging. It comes to you from the top floor of somewhere in Tubingen, southern Germany.

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