Pulitzer Photojournalist Takes A Stand For Quality

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Larry Price took a stand this week for journalistic quality — and it cost him his job.

Price, who has served as the director of photography for the Dayton Daily News — the largest daily newspaper in the region — on Aug. 29 surrendered his job in a rare move of self sacrifice. Only three days earlier, Price was asked by management to lay off up to half of the paper’s photographers, a move he simply couldn’t support.

“It didn’t take me long to make the decision. Before I turned out the lights Friday, I knew I couldn’t go through with it,” Price said.