Bob DeMay starts blog for photographers

Bob DeMay at the Beacon Journal has started a blog for the Ohio News Photographers Association at http://onpanews.blogspot.com

A link to the blog has been added at left.

Here is an early post by DeMay

Downsizing - subtraction by subtraction

By Bob DeMay
Get a couple of media types in a conversation these days and the subject is more than likely going to be about industry downsizing rather than what story they are pursuing. Hard to blame em - first you need to have a job before you can worry about what you're going to produce..

David Carr with the New York Times compares the newspaper industry with Circuit City who has recently filed for bankruptcy. There are many who think the demise of the electronic retailer was tied to its decision to rid itself of its "high priced" sales force and hire cheap and inexperienced replacements.

Newspapers are shedding talent and want to embrace their future on the Web. Problem is there is no one left to produce the content to feed the beast. The same journalists who have been turned loose by their publishers are now the competition. A second Times story by Richard Perez-Pena looks at VoiceofSanDiego.org and other non-profit journalistic entities.

Not only do publishers lose talent and content with their downsizing - now there is one more place for their advertisers to divert their spending to.

See the article for links to stories in the New York Times and Voice of San Diego.

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Blog Note: The top three officers of the photographers' association are:

Board Chairman - Bob DeMay
Akron Beacon Journal
(330) 996-3887
onpa@earthlink.net

President - Ed Suba Jr.
Akron Beacon Journal
(330) 996-3880
esuba@thebeaconjournal.com

Treasurer - Kimberly Barth
Akron Beacon Journal
(330) 996-3884
kbarth@thebeaconjournal.com