The Chicago Sun-Times fired its photography staff in 2013. Is it the beginning of the end of professional photojournalism? Probably not, but in a minor nod to the need for trained folks to handle this type of work, the sun-times hired back four of their former employees. It's not back to the way things were, "multi-media journalists" is their new title.
Related, Rob Hart,, one of the photographers who was let go, has a blog where he documents his life after the Sun-Times (aptly named Laidoff From The Sun-Times). Give it a look.