I too attended a seminar/lecture of his - awesome stuff and he's well worth going to see. I don't do PJ, but I do see a trend that isn't good for that field. I have associates on the local paper and they just laid off over 80 people and reassigned many more. More and more people are getting their news on the Web. TV stations are using more and more amateur shots - everyone's got a cell phone these days and some are 3Mp - not 'pro' quality but good enough, and free for the station.
I've seen some stuff in magazines where the writer is the photographer, or vice versa. Rarely is someone good at both, but it's half the cost for the publication.
Will sports enterprises charge for access and images? they control the images now, and if you shoot at an NFL game you have to wear a jersey with a Canon logo on it -people yelled about that but that didn't stop it. So right now you have the press wearing ads! Why have the press cover your game? Publicity, bring in the fans! Well, sports is big business with lots of games sold out a season or more in advance. If the press had to pay to get in too, they would - it's in their best interest as it helps them sell their papers/TV, etc. What he foresees isn't may not be that far off.
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