The Era of Camera-Phone Photojournalism: A Conversation With Photojournalists & Media Gurus
Posted by Maria Khan | Posted in Commentary, Reviews | Posted on 02-05-2010
Tags: Citizen Journalism, journalism, Photography, Photojournalism
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As the tsunami of the digital media revolution engulfs the globe, Journalism’s visual branch is now being played out in two teams; on one end of the spectrum are the citizen photojournalists and on the other end are the professionally trained photojournalists.
Bloggers equipped with camera phones, a basic knowledge of some photo editing software and access to a photo-sharing website are now capable of producing photographs.
What is the impact of this new wave of camera-phone photojournalism on a professionally trained photojournalist?


