Can news organizations survive without photographers on staff? That question jolted the media world Friday after Sports Illustrated laid off its entire roster. Photographers haven’t been hit with a layoff of that scale since The Chicago Sun-Times cut its entire 28-person photo staff in 2013. The newspaper said it would use freelance photographers and ask … Continue reading
The ranks of photographers, artists and videographers have been trimmed by 43% —from 6,171 in 2000 to 3,493 in 2012, according to ASNE. Continue reading