She photographs local newsrooms before they disappear

Photographer Ann Hermes is fascinated by things that evoke a time gone by, or about to pass into history. Lately that's led her to spend a lot of time in newspaper offices across the country, particularly in smaller cities and towns where local news is endangered by the ongoing business woes of journalism. Her photographs dispel the notion that journalism is a glamorous profession populated by elitists. Often it's populated by people in ill-fitting clothes oblivious to the shabby offices that surround them, doing work they feel is a civic duty. Hermes has photographed 50 newsrooms, and she's halfway to her goal.