Tag: David Ashdown

  • Why newspapers are closing the shutters on staff photographers

    Why newspapers are closing the shutters on staff photographers

    Why newspapers are closing the shutters on staff photographers Roy Greenslade: To save costs, more and more publishers now prefer to to buy their pictures from freelancers via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/jan/24/news-photography-theindependent National papers have gradually been reducing numbers in recent years. Many titles have only a handful. The Independent’s last staff photographer, the award-winning sports…