Johnston Press is disposing of staff photographers in a swathe of newspapers across England, reports HoldTheFrontPage. Photographers are soon to leave the company's titles in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. Most will go after accepting voluntary redundancy packages; fewer than 10 are being made compulsorily redundant.HTFP cites a Johnston Press spokesman as saying the decision to remove the photographers follows a local review "of the way photographic content is generated."There have been unconfirmed reports that the publisher is planning to do the same in Scotland.Comment: This move is no surprise. In fact, the surprise is that it hasn't happened sooner. Relying on freelancers - and, of course, citizens with smartphones - to provide pictures is far cheaper than having photographers on staff.Yes, there will be those who argue that the result, in terms of quality, will be cheap too. But I doubt that will be the case at local weekly newspaper level. Everyone can, and does, take photographs as a matter of rote nowadays. No event occurs - fires, fetes, road accidents, cats up trees, whatever - without someone being on hand to snap a picture. In the real sense of the word, newspaper photographers are therefore redundant.I concede that standing outside court for ages to capture an image of a defendant or witness may still require a professional (enter the experienced freelance). Otherwise, for the general run of the news diary, anyone can do... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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