Photojournalist Bemoans 'Philosophical Devaluation' of His Profession

From the 4th Grade in 1963 to what's left of Donald R. Winslow's passion today

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Veteran photographer Donald R. Winslow lays it out clearly in conversation with New York Times blog Lens. Google has impacted his trade in many more ways beyond the siphoning of print and digital newspaper ad revenue.

Winslow, currently the managing editor of content creation for Texas newspaper the Amarillo Globe-News, spoke with the Times just as he was putting to bed the Super Bowl Sunday edition. He says editors today tend to Google their way to a photographer who is already based locally in a city of intended coverage, rather than sending someone out to the destination on assignment.

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