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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Adam Sisman‘s sprightly new book follows a 20th-century fantasist who styled himself, variously, as a professor, doctor and reverend. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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The author paints alternate realities to explore, obliquely, what it means to be alive today. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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This year’s BISG annual meeting, held April 26 at the Harvard Club in New York City, surveyed a range of trends across the publishing supply chain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Speculative writers flesh out our passing thoughts into complete, functioning societies and explore how they might unfold. Continue reading at The Conversation
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Beneath a surge in interest for books about the Trump administration, booksellers see something more: Readers seeking to connect and make sense of a tumultuous time. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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