Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lots of smaller papers no longer have photogs, they just hang a P&S on the reporter's wrist, pat him on the butt and send him out the door. Same way at smaller TV stations, now that you can shoot HD with a handheld camera. When I grew up I wanted to be a news photographer, and I was fortunate to be able to do it in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, when news was really news. Before CNN in New Orleans, there were three network affiliates, I worked at two of them over the years. My last stint was as a show producer in the early eighties, and it was already becoming more "If it bleeds, it leads." I was among the first generation to come out of college into the field. Most of the older guys I worked with were either military trained or had done newsreel work. Fascinating to hear their tales. I've worked with a few genius reporters, and we crafted the reports together, a real team. We had a few reporters who were kinda foggy, but not much in those markets. If you worked as a photographer or reporter there you had already been polished in a smaller market. Several of the folks I worked with went on to CBS and CNN, and others to larger markets too, but lots stayed and New Orleans became a very mature market. I still look to WWL TV and WBRZ online to get my news, since both of the dailies here are Gannett. -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) If you are wondering, the following abolishes Gmail ads. ;-) I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath. USA