Why newspapers are closing the shutters on staff photographers

Newspaper photographers are in retreat. Staff jobs are vanishing as publishers look for new ways to cut costs. National papers have gradually been reducing numbers in recent years. Many titles have only a handful. In truth, what's happening to photographers is a precursor to what will happen on the writing side too - and that's way before we cease to publish on newsprint. Most view it as the onward march of the citizen journalist and, by implication, contend that that is A Bad Thing. Read more here