The Washington Post laid off roughly a third of its workforce yesterday, including every single one of its staff photographers, PetaPixel understands. [Read More]
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The New York Daily News slashed its editorial staff in half this week, and among the casualties of the layoffs was the entire team of photographers. The paper, which called itself “New York’s Picture Newspaper” for over 70 years, now has zero staff photographers. petapixel.com »
2018-07-26 22:28
The NPPA is suing California over the state’s controversial Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), saying the law forces independent contractors like photographers and visual journalists to “become employees of their clients,” whether or not this is preferable or even feasible.
Reuters is combining its photography and video news staff into a single team of visual journalists. The international news agency is also expected to cut jobs in the process of combining the operations.