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da_london_09 t1_itpwiux wrote

No raises in 16 years? I would have left long ago....

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icestormsurfing t1_itq0x9c wrote

To go where? There's only so many venues in the city and not very many openings.

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da_london_09 t1_itq2w68 wrote

So how long do you stick around knowing that your services aren't appreciated in any way? I think after a handful of years without any sort of increase you might want to look elsewhere. Otherwise it gets to be like Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive.

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icestormsurfing t1_itq3xrf wrote

Right but again unless you're independently wealthy, you have to jump to something that pays your bills. I know some former PG reporters and photographers personally and they don't always have a lot of options. It's not a great climate for either career.

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No-Lifeguard-8173 t1_itq3rqz wrote

What did blacksmiths do when cars became popular? What did typewriter repairmen do when computers became popular? What did blockbuster employees do when netflix became popular?

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Cryptic_Skies t1_itq6b4k wrote

> what did blockbuster employees do when netflix became popular?

probably cursed the ceo of blockbuster for not purchasing netflix when they had the chance and then got an account.

may not apply to the bend oregon location

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sopmaeThrowaway t1_itqftec wrote

I left my job as a photojournalist back in 2008 when the tribune review shut down gateway news. There was nothing else to do. I sure wasted a lot of money on a career that didn’t exist 3 years later.

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da_london_09 t1_itqlfuk wrote

Photo Journalist isn't a career anymore? What?

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DesertedPenguin t1_itqx6zn wrote

As a full-time with benefits career? Not really. Most major news outlets have a select few photographers on staff as full-time employees and then hire freelancers to fill out the rest of the coverage they need.

Small papers in the suburbs and in rural areas don't have any full-time photographers and use only freelancers.

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