Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:22 PM 8/11/2006, you wrote: >I would like to hear the opinion of the experienced photojournalists >here on the quality of the coverage now vs. 30 years ago. It seems >to me that the last truly independent coverage of a conflict was in >Indochina in the 1970s. Today the reporting and photography by the >likes of people mentioned by Walt appears to have been replaced by >carefully managed photo ops, embedded reporters and the like. >Nathan Almost all independent newspapers and magazines have been bought out by big conglomerates whose agenda is to make money. They make money by reporting on entertainment "news" and pandering to partisan big businesses who have their own agendas. All you have to do is read the headlines in most newspapers and you realize which way the news will be slanted. There is nothing available like the old Life magazine which did photo essays. The new Life is a trashy People flyer enclosed with Friday's newspaper. I listen to NPR during the day and BBC at night. I check several news sites from all over the world. That is the only bright spot in today's photojournalism. You can see news reports and photographs from all over the world on the internet, but you have to be your own editor. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com