ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the historical shifts in sourcing and attribution practices in relation to press photographs. Attributing photographs to the professional photographer, i.e. the use of bylines, has been a point of considerable tension since photographs were first published in the news media and attests to the constant struggle that press photographers have had to endure in securing professional status for themselves and their work. Since the early 2000s, the Australian news media have begun remarking on the potential for using amateur images in their reporting. According to the Digital News Report for 2017, 74 per cent of Australians source their news online and 53 per cent do so using a computer. Online news subscriptions are also high in Australia at 8 per cent, ranking joint fourth overall in the Digital News Report, 2017.
