{"id":395,"date":"2013-09-16T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2013-10-01T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T23:33:18","slug":"journalists-to-honor-fired-sun-times-photogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/09\/16\/journalists-to-honor-fired-sun-times-photogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists to honor fired Sun-Times photogs"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n (Correction: The original version of this post contained an incorrect age for Ann Gerber. I regret the error and apologize for the mistake.)<\/strong><\/p>\n The 29 photographers who were fired by the Sun-Times last spring will be honored as Chicago Journalists of the Year by the Chicago Journalists Association.<\/p>\n The group also will present longtime Chicago gossip columnist Ann Gerber with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its 74th annual awards dinner Sept. 27.<\/p>\n In a move that was widely condemned, Wrapports LLC, parent company of the Sun-Times and its sister publications, laid off its entire photography department on May 30. Senior among them was Pulitzer Prize winner John H. White, a 44-year veteran of the paper. Sun-Times reporters were directed to begin mandatory training on \"iPhone photography basics.\"<\/a><\/p>\n The 28 photographers and photo editors laid off in May were: Steve\u00a0Buyansky, Richard\u00a0Chapman, Tom\u00a0Cruze, Tom Delany, Rob Dicker, Stephanie Dowell, Matt Grotto, Rob Hart, Brian Jackson, Andy\u00a0Lavalley, Michelle\u00a0Lavigne, Curtis\u00a0Lehmkuhl, Matt\u00a0Marton, Joseph\u00a0Meier, Dom Najolia, Andrew\u00a0Nelles, Jeff\u00a0Nicholls, Buzz Orr, Ryan Pagelow, Al\u00a0Podgorski, Brian Powers, Brett Roseman, Larry\u00a0Ruehl, Michael Schmidt, Michael Smart, Scott Stewart, Ernie Torres and White.<\/p>\n Raising the number to 29 was photographer and videographer Jon Sall, who was laid off March 17 after the company said it was changing its digital strategy.<\/p>\n The Chicago Newspaper Guild filed an unfair labor relations charge with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to have the photographers reinstated. The case is pending.<\/p>\n