Very exciting news on Facebook recently. An online friend from Abuzz/early A2k days had one of her photos used as the base for a NYT magazine cover. Exciting eh.
The photo had been sourced from flickr. The discussion at flickr about the photo got mmmmm energized.
There is an article in the SFGate on the effect of photo hobbyists on the industry of photo journalism.
Quote:Time's former senior White House photographer Dirck Halstead said the deal is another symptom of "the death of photojournalism."
Photo hobbyists snapping up more business
Editor and Publisher regularly reports on mergers/closures of newspapers and other media.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp
FORESTWEB Report: U.S. Newsprint Consumption Continues Sharp Downward Trend
Quote:LOS ANGELES (September 02, 2009) -- Newsprint consumption in the United States remained on a downward slope in July, falling by 21.4% year-over-year, according to data released by the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC).
Through the first seven months of this year, 3.03 million tonnes of newsprint was consumed in the U.S., and this was down 25.4% from a year earlier.
Consumption by U.S. dailies showed an almost identical trend, dropping by 21.8% in July and 25.1% year-to-date, to 2.38 million tonnes. Total U.S. newsprint demand fell 24.0% in July and was off 31.1% year-to-date, to 2.86 million tonnes.
Information is coming to us in different ways, using different resources.
Have you noticed the information technology revolution? is it changing how you get your information/share your information? do you read hard copy books/magazines/newspapers at all?
Does the end of traditional photojournalism change anything?
The new media - what is it - do you know more or less now?
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