Digital photography is for people to capture moments at any given time. Years ago the invention of photography was only limited to certain people to develop pictures. There are many technologies that have photography. One major type of digital photography technology is online newspapers. A while ago newspapers use to be a paper that had ink of 10 point font and was part of America's morning routine. Now society has changed most people don't have the paper on their kitchen table , porch, etc. The people can read them online. According to an article called The Online Newspaper: A Postmodern Medium it says the online newspapers is never "put to bed" as long as readers are able to view it at whatever hours of the day. Also the readers need to be sold as soon as they log on to the site because if they aren't there will be no one reviewing the news. With people being so connected to their phones , online newspapers are a good source because if they are on their phones all of the time they can easily access sites that have the world or city news on it. For example, this isn't an online newspaper but Time Magazine used Instagram to cover Hurricane Sandy.
With sites also they have to put stories into short format so it can be easy to understand.
With the technology of online newspapers there have been many people who have been many photojournalists getting laid off because they aren't needed anymore. Jodi Mailander estimated that 20,000 newspaper photojournalists are in the world today. "In Middletown, NY four staff photographers who worked for The Times Herald Record was laid off due to the ranks of newspapers that are shrinking or eliminating their photography staffs," says Monica Anderson. Another way technology has changed journalism is the availability of resources allows reporters to find previous stories that can either support or contradict their current stories. However, politicians are more at risk, as reporters can easily find contradictory statements that can put those politicians on the spot.
When I researched black and white photography , it was very popular in newspapers years ago because newspapers were just black and white ink. Newspapers did not start publishing color photos until the late 1980's. Color photos were really only used in museums and galleries. Older people still like to look at newspapers at their table rather than the screen, but because computers, tablets, and phones are so popular the media would rather have the news online , to save money also.
Photo by: James Grundy
Image Source: http://www.theexpeditioner.com/feature-articles/getting-gritty-in-new-yorks-chinatown-a-tour-in-black-and-white/
I choose this photo for my blog because earlier I talked about how older people rather look at the newspaper than online. The china man and the area drew my attention to this photo because the area looks very poor looking and I wondered does he rather look at the actual paper, or maybe he canr afford technology to look online.
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