AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES IN ADAPTING TO CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN PHOTOJOURNALISM

The world has become a global village that has and continues to witness technology and innovation as its driving force. This has proven to be true in many sectors such as journalism, medicine, engineering, aerospace, business, photojournalism, etc. The field of photojournalism is an important visual medium of journalism that has proven to be a key section of the effectiveness of journalism, as a medium of communication. An important characteristic of photojournalism is that this field uses a visual medium to translate unspoken words. A professional expert in the field of photojournalism is known as a photojournalist. Photojournalism plays an especially important role in visually narrating news events and stories successfully. Over the past decade, this virtual medium has witnessed immense evolution and changed those results to be a trend. Through this paper, the researcher aims to understand the hardships and problems faced by photojournalists in the process of inculcating new methods and technologies in their everyday work life.