A Much Anticipated Renaissance
4th June 2009
PDN Magazine just published this killer article about newspaper photojournalists who are getting laid off and forming multimedia companies. And they seem to be targeting primarily non-profits & NGO’s with their services. This is what I’ve been waiting for and it points to some encouraging realities:
- Photojournalists ARE finding new and growing outlets for visual stories about social justice and social responsibility.
- BECAUSE of the decline of the traditional news media we ARE witnessing a renaissance of humanitarian & advocacy photojournalism- helping to return it to its’ roots.
- Thanks to print/video convergence, there ARE powerful new avenues for organizations to get their stories told, and for photographers to help them.
So check out these new companies. And please let me know of others doing similar work.