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Vegas R-J paper layoffs
Doug Pizac, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | USA | Posted: 8:50 PM on 08.19.11 |
->> A friend in Vegas says the paper laid off 20 people today. Here's a story that quotes the publisher declining the number, but it affects all departments including the newsroom.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/19/nv-review-journal-layoffs-1st-l.../
The individual editing desks (sports, news, features, etc.) will now be consolodated into one universal desk. With less people and feature editors possibly editing sports stories and vice versa, the publisher says the readers and advertisers will see no impact -- no loss of pages, no loss of stories, etc. |
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Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | | Posted: 3:18 PM on 08.22.11 |
->> "Here's a blog a SS member sent me that names names. It includes four photographers -- Jim Decker (24 years), Gary Thompson (35), Craig Moran (17) and John Gurzinski (20)..."
See a pattern here?
Makes me sad to read this...Don't know any of these staffers...wish them all the best of luck.
Kind of like the LAT laying off long-time staffers Tim Rutten and Mark Heisler...something like 50+ years at the paper... |
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Jeff Brehm, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Salisbury | NC | USA | Posted: 4:37 PM on 08.22.11 |
->> It's been pointed out here many times now ... papers no longer care about the quality of the photo. They just need an image to fill a spot on a web page, and then on a printed page. And they can get people with few or no skills to provide those for free.
It's ironic how we're reverting to something like the start of the 20th century. I saw some old Louisville Courier-Journal clips today about Kentucky high school football championship games. No action shots to speak of -- only still or limited action photos of crowded bleachers, students holding mascots, coaches talking to players. Not because they didn't want game shots, but because they didn't have the technology to capture them.
Lots of local papers today would run those sideline images, donated by some spectator with a smart phone, rather than pay a full-time photographer to go shoot a game. Or, perhaps just as bad, they'll run a low-quality action photo at a huge size rather than send a reporter for a story.
Sigh. |
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