Posts: 4, One more step in the death of newspapers. You can't print video. And thrusting news firms have tried to outdo their competitors by building systems that encourage readers to submit material to them directly. Originally posted by DeadJohn. These users Like Winder's post:. Of course, many people don't care about authenticity, as long as it feeds their particular prejudices, otherwise the Murdoch empire would be long gone.
With established systems of reportage, though, the discerning reader could come to a view of the reliability and integrity of a newspaper or television channel or commentator, but the sheer weight of numbers of online commentary makes all but the most extreme impossible to judge adequately.
This trend may succeed for news outlets desperate to stay alive in the online age, but will it allow truth to suffer further in the search for breadth rather than depth in reportage, and in order to balance the books? Photos: Albums. Posts: A desperate move from a business that knows it's been circling the bowl for a while now and getting closer and closer to the drain.
Chicago Sun-Times lays off photography staff as part of push toward more online video. The union representing many of the laid-off photographers plans to file a bad-faith bargaining charge with the National Labor Relations Board, a union leader said.
Photos: Gallery Albums. Posts: 3, Everyone has a blog, therefore lets not pay journalists. That mentality is prevalent nowadays: Flickr: "No such thing as professional photographers anymore" :: Wetpixel. Posts: 1, Sad day indeed. But it has been forewarned. I got my degree in journalism. I bailed. I am in a better place although I miss the newsroom. With the internet, newspaper economics and the loss of integrity we are in a different world and will be worse for it. I feel for the photo staff.
I was part of a newspaper merger where we spent close to a year under the microscope wondering whose jobs were secure. I made it through the crossover but sadly some good people and reporters did not. It was a difficult time. These folks seemingly got little notice. That is rough. I wish them the best. Posts: 12, How are they going to cover sports? I guess the Cubs in-house photographer will provide all the shots from now on.
Here is the original iPhone comparison page that is referred to in the article. How does the iPhone 5 camera compare to previous iPhone cameras? Posts: 10, That YouTube video doesn't look to have been shot by your average punter with a phone camera.
Apparently serious video is still the preserve of the professional. PS: anything to do with what passes for sport these days is serious — and all about money and image. The newspaper released a statement suggesting the move reflected the increasing importance of video in news reporting:.
We have made great progress in meeting this demand and are focused on bolstering our reporting capabilities with video and other multimedia elements. The Chicago Sun-Times continues to evolve with our digitally savvy customers, and as a result, we have had to restructure the way we manage multimedia, including photography, across the network.
The company is also preparing to supplement its freelance staff with reporters to shoot more video and photos, according to sources.
Rather than refresh our current program, systems, and processes, we feel that now is the time to rebuild our program from the ground up. Levy, fired back at the Tribune. That sounds like a pretty racist audience to me. Workers at major art museums in Philly, Baltimore, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles have recently formed unions as well. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the largest and oldest art museums in the U. It saw roughly 1. Read about that here.
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