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Even a blind person can now see what is coming...
Yesterday (October 1, 2010), CBS News fired most of its professional camera staff in its London bureau. From now on, stories will be shot by producers.
This is not to say that the cameramen at CBS News in London were incompetent.
Far from it. They were among the best in the business.
But TV is a business that can no longer afford them, and a technology that now makes their skills less than necessary.
This is exactly the same thing that happened to professional photographers at places like Time and Life Magazines. They were also highly skilled, the best in the business, and they too were let go because of changing technologies and changing times.
There will always be TV news in some form. And there is always going to be a call for Video based journalism. If anything, the need for that is only going to expand.
But the idea of being just a 'cameraman' is as dead as the idea of being a 'fireman' on a locomotive. (those were the guys who shoveled the coal into the boiler to make the steam to keep the train going) Or perhaps an elevtor operator...
Technology is merciless. Click HERE to read more on TV restructuring.
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