[Leica] Sad tidings for newspaper photographers

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

At Newspapers, Photographers Feel The Brunt of Job Cuts (Pew Research 
Center / FactTank)

Citing "new technologies" and "economic realities," the Times 
Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y., laid off its four remaining staff 
photographers earlier this month, joining the growing ranks of 
newspapers that are shrinking or eliminating their photography staffs. 
Along with their newsroom colleagues, news photographers have not been 
immune to the layoffs affecting the newspaper industry. But a landmark 
moment occurred this past May, when the Chicago Sun-Times axed its 
entire 28-person photography department. Another major U.S. daily, The 
Atlanta Journal Constitution, announced in October that it would lay 
off a significant number of its staff photographers.

Larry Z