Is Photojournalism dead?

[flipfreak]

just finished an article by Neil Burgess, a founder of Magnum in London.

http://www.epuk.org/Opinion/961/for-gods-sake-somebody-call-it

not too sure abt the other countries around the world but it is pretty similar to what is happening here i think. not sure where or what the inspiring pj can do in a few years time.

 

[dingaroo]

Since citizen journalism through blogging is now pretty common, is a PJ still needed?

 

[ed9119]

evolution

 

[clioboy]

all we need is stomp..;p






and tat is so :cry:

 

[krishna91]

Independent photojournalism is on the rise.

 

[flipfreak]

Since citizen journalism through blogging is now pretty common, is a PJ still needed?

it maybe common but is it quality journalism? i don't surf blogs. maybe u can share some blogs with quality journalism work?

 

[flipfreak]

evolution

evolution or extinction? :bsmilie:

 

[flipfreak]

Independent photojournalism is on the rise.

yes but not many have the chance or funds to do it independently. esp when end of the day, if the story is not sold, it is back to square one. no?

 

[mayhemics]

stomp is nonsense.

 

[Octarine]

evolution or extinction? :bsmilie:

Evolution includes extinction. "Survival of the fittest."

 

[flipfreak]

Evolution includes extinction. "Survival of the fittest."

it has evolved into stomp? :sweat:

 

[Octarine]

Since citizen journalism through blogging is now pretty common, is a PJ still needed?

Did I miss the irony tags in 'citizen journalism'? :bsmilie:
Ok, let's be fair .. in can work and grow in the right environment. But 'st*mp' is a weed hard to kill.

 

[Octarine]

it has evolved into stomp? :sweat:

No, stomp is like weed. It shows that something can exists, but the real things have yet to grow
Imho, journalism implies a quality level. It's more than just crying over spilled milk and poking at shallow emotions. The revealings about NKF is something I'd consider as real journalism :thumbsup:
In other countries journalism is also called 'the 4th power', next to the 3 usual powers in every country. But power requires responsibility, something that stomp's 'feeders' will never take up.

 

[Reportage]

depends on the quality of the press and variety available.

Thing is, other then SPH and Mediacorp...not much work for photo journalists.

A lot of event pictures are either from AP or AFP and the reports are from wired agencies as far as i know.

One independent news would be Red Sports. They do mostly local but the report/pic is first hand.

 

[An drew]

This is sad. Real sad. Long live wedding photographers!