Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits New Phone-Cameras May Change Journalists' Roles Japanese mobile company DoCoMo is ready to launch several new phones from Fujitsu, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson (as reported by digi.no). All are capable of taking megapixel digital pictures -- or four times better than today's standard. This is an important upgrade, as pictures of this quality could now be used for Web pages and even some print jobs. In the long run this may hold the potential for some fundamental change for journalists. Technological change is often the bearer of changing job descriptions. Ignoring new technology is not the right approach; just ask a few (former) typographers. I may have to take some punches to the jaw for this, but as every journalist has a mobile camera-phone in the back pocket, it would be hard to insist that it was impossible to snap a few simple portraits or document events unfolding. I'm certain that photographers are a lot better at taking pictures than most journalists, but is it possible to prevent something this obvious?