Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I, too gave it up after a few 'false starts'.....so will anyone who wants to eat regularly and have benefits or security of ANY kind....but my hat's still off to the Erics of the world as long as they can stand it.... Walt On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, vonohlen wrote: > Old Walt writes: > > > >At least he's "real"....gotta like Eric on that one... > >obnoxious little shit, at times....doomed to butt heads > >with "word" people and "money" people, forever, (they'll > >always win), but I wish they were all like him....take a > >good look at Eric...once digital/automation takes over > >completely (or has it?)-- they'll quit hiring PJs altogether, > >and you'll wish for Eric...they way we now wish for "objective" > >word people.... > > > >Eric, and other idealistic renegades, doomed to failure, are > >the only reason I'm not 100% embarrassed to hold a degree > >in Journalism....Hopefully I'll die before they give up, > >won't have to see it. > > > Well, I am basically ignorant, I guess. I don't know when the split between > PJs and Js occurred in the academic scene. I don't even know what truth is > anymore. I can remember the days (I think) when the Journalist and the > Photographer were complementary. They didn't use high falutin Tejano terms > such as "photojournalist." > > OTH, I started J school, was drafted, spent 3 years writing pro-Vietnam war > propaganda, went back to J school and found that truth had been redefined and > worst of all, they wanted me to write and photograph for free. So much for my > education. No wonder I am now a Geographer. > > Back to sleep, now, Louis > >