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Chicago Sun Times Swaps iPhone Training For Staff Photographers

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re: Why the iPhone of all thing? by loufoque · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That's an elitist view.
    There is no need for any sort of special professional to press a button on a handled camera device, DSLR or not.

    The photographs involved needn't be art, it's for a disposable newspaper.