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Chicago Sun Times Swaps iPhone Training For Staff Photographers

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 2, 2013 @02:29AM from the cross-training-nervous-reporters dept.

frdmfghtr notes (via Cult of Mac) that "the reporters of the Chicago Sun-Times are being given training in iPhone photography, to make up for the firing of the photography staff. From the CoM story: 'The move is part of a growing trend towards publications using the iPhone as a replacement for fancy, expensive DSLRs. It's a also a sign of how traditional journalism is being changed by technology like the iPhone and the advent of digital publishing.'"

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Re:must be a joke by Internal+Modem · 2013-06-02 02:48 · Score: 5, Informative

They replaced their pool of photographers with freelancers (sports, feature stories, breaking news, etc...). In addition, reporters will now carry iPhones in part to capture low resolution video for their website. It's not really the DSLR v iPhone the headline claims.