http://netvouz.com/emmineb/tag/oz?feed=rss emmineb's bookmarks tagged "oz" on Netvouz http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/07/rundle-a-moral-and-operational-disaster-for-news-corp/ Back in the day, the analogue and offline day, when a plenitude of images did not circulate, one of the most vital jobs in the newspaper industry was that of the “picture-snatcher”?—?the reporter, often a cub/cadet, who would accompany a senior colleague to the house of a grieving widow whose family member had just been trampled by a horse/died of dropsy/ etc, and, while the bereaved was being engaged in conversation, snatch a picture of the decedent from the mantelpiece, and then sprint back to the office with it. emmineb Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:06:15 GMT