If all goes well the picture runs in the print edition, and is posted on the Times' Web site. The photographer gets the same cut on each additional sale, unlike at traditional wire services. And after all, submitting photos to an agency is far easier than getting a NYT assignment. Besides the big agencies, photographers' personal Web sites and online publications are also prime marketing outlets. It gives photographers the opportunity to be seen around the world.
Nerve features a new photographer each week, and their portfolios remain on the site.
News and business Web sites are offering some photography jobs. Scanner techs, photo editors and researchers are needed, and there are even some slim chances to work directly for online news sites. There may be few full-time staff online photographer jobs right now, but they're out there. But non-news Internet companies focusing on entertainment, sports, business and goods will be leading the way. Newsmakers' Ellis isn't worried.