Photojournalists

A photojournalist primarily works on photographing, editing, and presenting images in a unique way that other media can't do.

They capture sensational scenes in reality, whose subject matters would vary greatly.

images could be about...

• Civic issues
• National political conflicts
• Social unrest in a foreign country
• And more

Essential skills

• Having good command of digital cameras
• Film cameras as well
• Process and print negatives 
• Having good authentic and ethical manner in their images
• Being able to use image-editing software (ex. Photoshop )

In order to gain some specific knowledge and skills, getting bachelor's degree in photojournalism is a common way to go.

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Where do they do their businesses?

Some photojournalists work for local publication, while others may travel abroad.

In fact, it is possible that those who travel across the countries might be exposed to danger of getting involved in extremely violent situations, such as civic wars, riots, political conflicts and so on.

Expected to be on-call 24hours and 7days, they should be ready to go whenever news breaks.

Average Annual Salary for Photographers by The Major Cities

Major Organizations/Groups

• National Press Photographers Association
• Global Humanitarian Photojournalists, Inc.
• NBC
• New York Times
• CNN