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The Verdict is In: The Chicago Sun Times Needs Their Photographers Back

Chris Gampat
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06/27/2013
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It was a sad day for the photo industry when the Chicago Sun Times got rid of their entire staff of photographers. It is even more evident now. This image from Brian Cassella on Twitter (found via Reddit) shows the stark difference between the layout and images used after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup: with the newspaper comparisons being the Sun Times and the Tribune. And as you can tell, the Tribune cover is a heck of a lot more breathtaking.

But this isn’t even the biggest punch in the face. Compare the online coverage of the victory from the Tribune and Sun Times. Newspapers tend to give readers full photo galleries of complementary images to their stories. And guess who comes out on top?

In the newspaper industry, much time and effort is put into the creation of the cover. This has not only to do with the layout but also story placement and images used. The design team at the Sun Times must still really have tried, but they’re only as good as the content they’re working with.


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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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