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NEW YORK Eighteen Baltimore Sun photojournalists launched a byline strike today protesting Tribune Co.’s move to force reporters to become photographers and videographers as a way to cut costs, according to a press release sent to E&P today by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. It will continue for three days.
“If Chicago-based Tribune has its way, reporters at The Sun, with little or no experience in photography, will not only be required to shoot still pictures, but take pictures with video cameras for submission to the paper’s website while they are conducting interviews and writing stories on deadline,” the release warns.

from Editor and Publisher June 11: full story here

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