Having noticed the advantages of the combination of social media and Phoneography , some well-known newspapers , news magazines and professional photojournalists decided to employ iPhone journalism as a new approach . When the London Bombings happened in July 2005 , for the first time , both the '' New York Times '' and the '' Washington Post '' ran photos on their front pages made by citizen journalists with camera phones . As work of witnesses and survivors , the images were less the outcome of documentary intent than a response to a traumatic shock . These photos represented ' vivid , factual accounts of history as it explodes around us ' , as described by '' Washington Post '' journalist Robert MacMillan . In another instance , when superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast , causing great damage and casualty , Time sent out five photographers with iPhones to document the devastation . Photographers dived deep into the site and captured pictures in close proximity to the storm and human suffering . One of the shots , raging ocean waves collapsing on Coney Island in Brooklyn , taken by Benjamin Lowy , made the cover of Time 's November 12 issue . Then in 2013 , the Chicago Sun-Times got rid of its entire staff of 28 photographers , including John H. White , a Pulitzer Prize winner in photography . The newspaper cited viewers shifting towards more video as a reason . They then employed freelance photographers and required them to train in how to use an iPhone for photography to fill the gap . Some viewers online were quick to point out an at times reduction in quality in comparison to the newspaper 's previous full-time professionals
London Bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Photojournalism