Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] DEADLINE I*AQ - Uncensored Stories of the W*r - CBC
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:06:22 -0800
References: <3FC25BDE.4020704@osheaven.net> <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGOEBOIOAB.tim@KairosPhoto.com> <13839301516.20031124185816@sonc.com> <3FC2AD4B.34A8DB83@pacbell.net>

You are wrong. It all depends on the station and the company they work 
for. Some are truly photojournalists. I see their work at NPPA events 
and some of there are every bit the photojournalist that most still 
photographers are (and aren't). Such sweeping generalizations (of which 
I am too often guilty on such discussion lists) are usually too broad 
to be accurate. And this is most certainly one of them.

Ever hear of "One man bands?" It takes a photojournalist to do even a 
mediocre job when there's no reporter to boss them around.

On Nov 24, 2003, at 5:15 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Some TV stations here have the nerve to call the camera holders "Photo
> Journalists"!  All they do is point the camera where the reporter or 
> director
> tells them to!

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

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martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape 
the consequences."
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