http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/05/survival/ and this is our BLOG, where photography, art, audio and journalism collide (sparks may fly)... Tue, 22 May 2012 07:53:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/05/survival/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 Mike Holley Sun, 31 May 2009 20:41:12 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=3421#comment-4255 The growing trend of news websites to use readers images, all of which are submitted royalty-free, can't help this situation. The BBC even has a "guide" (less than 200 words) on its website to shooting a photo essay. With a mobile phone or compact digital camera everyone becomes a photojournalist. Ok I'm a reader rather than a photojournalist, but I'm noticing a gradual drop in quality in some areas of photojournalism on these sites as a result. The growing trend of news websites to use readers images, all of which are submitted royalty-free, can’t help this situation. The BBC even has a “guide” (less than 200 words) on its website to shooting a photo essay. With a mobile phone or compact digital camera everyone becomes a photojournalist. Ok I’m a reader rather than a photojournalist, but I’m noticing a gradual drop in quality in some areas of photojournalism on these sites as a result.

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