The use of images in the media has changed colossally. Forty years ago newspapers were using a small selection of black and white photos, taken only by professional photographers. Today everyone with a mobile, that’s around 6.8billion people, is a photographer and videographer with instant access to publishing. Publishers can find pictures and videos of anything. Births, marriages, deaths, bomb blasts, altercations, crashes, celebrities, events, sport, sex, pranks … are all out there to be gathered. When I was editing a paper we might use 40 pictures in an issue. Today MailOnline can use 100 on a single story. I counted an astonishing 1,104 pictures and 74 videos on the UK home page. In my latest article for InPublishing I talk to MailOnline editorial director Ben Bailey, Metro editor Deborah Arthurs, Evening Standard editor Dylan Jones and photography consultant Ian Day about the changes, their impact and what happens next. Read it here.
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