Breaking: Chicago Sun Times lays off entire photography staff

We’ve seen this in the music business as well. Technology has made everyone with a smart phone into a photographer

The Chicago Sun-Times has laid off its entire photography staff, including a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, and plans to use freelance photographers and reporters to shoot photos and video going forward, the newspaper said.

A total of 28 full-time staffers received the news Thursday morning at a meeting held at the Sun-Times offices in Chicago, according to sources familiar with the situation. The layoffs are effective immediately.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-chicago-sun-times-photo-20130530,0,4361142.story

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