Chicago Sun-Times axes photo staff

The Chicago Sun-Times has laid off its entire photography department, its parent firm said, in the latest blow to the long-struggling US newspaper industry.

Sun-Times Media will ask its text reporters to shoot photos and videos to accompany their articles and plans to also hire freelancer photographers for major stories, a source familiar with the situation told AFP.

It will also increase its reliance on newswires and eliminate staff photographers at its suburban newspapers.

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