Shutterdud: Chicago Sun-Times lays off entire staff of photographers

Chicago Sun-Times building

Chicago's mainstream media continues to make news for all of the wrong reasons. Today the Chicago Sun-Times announced that it was laying off its entire staff of photographers--about 30 people are now jobless. Freelancers--who the Sun-Times won't have to offer benefits such as health insurance to and will be non-union, will pick up some of the slack, as will reporters. As for the latter, I can assure you, taking good pictures is a lot harder than it appears.

I had to wait ten minutes to capture the picture on right of the Chicago Sun-Times building so I could get the el train in the photograph.

..and not move the camera...and get the pic at a straight angle....

Now imagine a sports reporter trying to take pictures at a Chicago Blackhawks game.

Add photojournalist to those "stay-away-from" professions.

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