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Yup. A buddy was a photographer for a very well respected newspaper. In a grand cost-cutting measure the newspaper simply bought all the reporters iPhones and

by grecy 6y ago

Yup. A buddy was a photographer for a very well respected newspaper. In a grand cost-cutting measure the newspaper simply bought all the reporters iPhones and fired all the photographers. The reporters are now expected to take photos for their own articles "Because iPhones make that really easy".

earthboundkid 6y ago
That was the Chicago Sun-Times in 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/business/media/chicago-sun-times-lays-off-all-its-full-time-photographers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/business/media/chicago-su... At Tronc, they had an all hands shortly after buying the NY Daily News. A staffer on the call said “we’re ‘New York’s picture paper’ but our equipment is all old. When can we get new cameras?” On the call, the execs said NYDN is losing money, so it will have to get profitable first. Then a few months later, they fired all photographers and social media people. https://petapixel.com/2018/07/26/ny-daily-news-cuts-all-photographers/ https://petapixel.com/2018/07/26/ny-daily-news-cuts-all-phot...