One third of the The National Press Photographers Members To Lose Their Job This Year

That was the claim by Dirck Halstead, in May’s Letter From The Publisher of Digital Journalist, they claim:

2008 will go down as “The Year the Newspapers Died.” Publications are in free fall due to dropping circulation and falling advertising. Unfortunately, one of the first places the publisher turns to in order to cut costs is the photo department. We estimate that this year, as many as one third of the membership of The National Press Photographers Association will be out of a job.

While I didn’t see any back-up to that claim, there is some other doom and gloom for photojournalists in this issue.

• I Just Got Laid Off and I Need a Job
• How Not To Do Newspaper Video

Also, Terry Heaton for the Digital Journalist looks at the growth of the citizen journalist.

Posted on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm. Filed under: Photography Business Tags: Photography jobs RSS 2.0 feed.