Source: j-source.ca By Rachel Sanders, for StoryBoard.ca Stories about the devaluing of photojournalism are all too common these days, but it’s still shocking when things hit a new low. When John Lehmann, president of the News Photographers Association of Canada, heard that a newspaper in Victoria was advertising for volunteer photographers to cover weekend events, he found the news jaw-dropping. Even …

Source: mediaunion.ca/ One of the worst consequences of the economic hard times that newspapers have faced across North America has been a renewed attack on the craft of photojournalism. More and more newspapers have demanded that reporters take photos and video. Here in B.C. some of our community newspaper photographer members have been laid off, others have been offered tech …