Finally, a mainstream media outlet has decided to cover the industry plight or blight, if you prefer.  The L.A. Times ran a fine piece on January 22, 2010.  It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ycn7te8.  Nice piece, nice job by the writer. The issue of photojournalists and their demise is not addressed.  In fairness to the writer, it doesn’t appear that he wanted to go in that direction.

Here’s two of the quotes from this article by James Rainy.

“Photographers are among those who found out most painfully what happens when their work (or a reasonable facsimile) becomes readily available online at little or no cost.”

“My friend Blue, an ace with graphics and art reproduction, told me how his field has been beset: Amateurs produce Photoshopped pictures that once wouldn’t have made it out of a darkroom. Workers in India draw corporate logos for pennies on the dollar and e-mail them stateside.”

This article is definitely worth a look, but be forewarned, it might cause nightmares.