Many Poynter readers expressed shock and sadness Friday after a National Press Photographers Association report revealed that the magazine was cutting its entire photo staff.
Several had suggestions for how the magazine could continue to fill its pages with images or compensate for the lack of full-time photographers:
.@jasonjwilde @Poynter Maybe they’ll make up for it by, um, adding a bunch of illustrators?
— S.J. Barlament (@sj_barlament) January 23, 2015
@BryanDFischer @Poynter Does this mean the swimsuit issue will just be a series of selfies on the beach?
— Dale Newton (@DSH_Newton) January 23, 2015
Only woodcuts now. / RT @ByCasagrande: Wait, what? RT @Poynter: Sports Illustrated cuts entire photojournalism staff: http://t.co/zzokcHvoAO
— Wes Wolfe (@WolfeReports) January 23, 2015
There were also a lot of suggestions for renaming the mag:
@AlbertBreer @Poynter Will they change it to "Sports Prose"? The visuals were the most compelling/unique offering from that pub
— olliejen (@olliejen) January 23, 2015
I assume they’ll change name to “Sports.” RT @Poynter: Sports Illustrated cuts entire photojournalism staff:
http://t.co/7OnfAe0gMj
— Patrick Southern (@patricksouthern) January 23, 2015
New name: Sports Unillustrated?RT @Poynter: Sports Illustrated cuts entire photojournalism staff:
http://t.co/qeALX8Dp4d
— Bill Damon (@billdamon) January 23, 2015
@bruce_arthur @Poynter Are they going to change the name to Sports Annotated?
— Alex Wright (@Sport_With_Alex) January 23, 2015
Subscribe to the new Sports Emoji? Sports ClipArt? RT@Poynter: Sports Illustrated cuts entire photojournalism staff:
http://t.co/t4Jrm9Ijld”
— Bill Pitcher (@billpitcher) January 23, 2015
@bruce_arthur @Poynter
/Sports Vine Tweets/
— Aidan B (@aidanbc) January 23, 2015
