Photojournalists?

Question

Do photojournalists make less than regular journalists? Take into consideration big time magazines like National Geographic for example...how much would one of those photojournalists make?

Answer 1

It would depend upon whether you were staff on the newspaper/wire service or if you were freelance. It would also depend upon whether you were a news photographer or a photo-journalist ( a journalist who takes photographs as well. -- This is against the union rules in some countries).

Staff people would have a regular wage whilst a freelance person's income depends upon the number of photographs shot/used or assigned, and this can sometimes be minimal or it can be a large amount.

As a war photographer you could earn a lot of money because there is always plenty of shots that the papers/wire services want.

As a paparazzi, photographing celebrities, a photographer can earn large amounts for one photograph, or series of photos -- anything up to $US 50,000, but for that the photo/s would have to be sensational. In these cases you would be photographing more for 'Photo Agencies', such as 'Gamma Press' etc.

Answer 2

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