Media commercialisation and journalists professionnalisation are changing the conditions in which news is produced in China although the Communist Party maintains a tight control over the contents. This theses explains the photographic news production within a triangle formed by the constraints of market demands, informational value and propaganda. It is based on examination of photographs published by a major Shanghai newspaper, the Dongfang Zaobao, stays in its editorial room and inteviews with its photojournalists and photo editors. It reveals the specific constraints faced by Chinese news production.
News photography in China, beyond the fog of censorship. Production and photo edition in the Shanghai Dongfang Zaobao