Photographers protest at reporters taking pictures

Eighteen Baltimore Sun photographers launched a three-day byline strike in protest at a move to force reporters to become photographers and videographers. A spokeswoman for the Sun, owned by the Tribune company, said the paper wants the union to lift restrictions on reporters be using cameras, explaining: "Readers want pictures, not just words. In an ideal world, we would just hire more photographers, but this is not an ideal world. We have a great photo staff, they should not feel threatened." (Via Editor & Publisher)