There's never been a better time to become a photo-journalist. Controversial true - but consider the creeping death of our newspapers, reduced from bringing the news (which by its definition has a surprise and importance value) to repeating and dissecting the lives of the not-so-rich and almost-famous.
This article from Jeff Jarvis (What Would Google Do?) berates the newspapers for their failure to notice that the world had changes (has there been anything more ironic?).
BuzzMachine - The speech the NAA should hear
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Maybe WeSay.com is the future, maybe not but it is a brave attempt to deliver the news in pictorial form in an entirely different way. Just look at the way WeSay.com brings you the news.
This article from Jeff Jarvis (What Would Google Do?) berates the newspapers for their failure to notice that the world had changes (has there been anything more ironic?).
BuzzMachine - The speech the NAA should hear
But it does not say at the same time that the very decline of the newspapers opens new avenues for aspiring photojournalists who may no longer have to cover the village fete for 10 years before finding success and critical acclaim.
The Newspaper Association of America is meeting in San Diego this week and they’re preaching up at their own choir loft with angry, self-righteous fire and brimstone about their plight. Today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt will address them, but he’ll be polite because that’s the way he is and because there’ll be a few hundred aging but armed publishers with blunderbusses aimed at his heart. More...
Do you want to take a look into the possible future of photojournalism? Try and even sign up for WeSay.com.
Maybe WeSay.com is the future, maybe not but it is a brave attempt to deliver the news in pictorial form in an entirely different way. Just look at the way WeSay.com brings you the news.
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