The Washington Post tells the story of Phil Stewart who took a photo of a collapsing President Jimmy Carter being held up by his doctor and a Secret Service agent during a 10-kilometer run at Camp David in 1979. This photo which came to be one of the defining images of what many viewed as a failing presidency earned Stewart $75,000 over the years. He was the only person in the race with a camera and with “media and photo credentials".

For the Washington Post, Stewart's tale is a lesson for anyone who owns valuable content: 'whatever you do, hold on to it'. First Stewart sold the right to publish the Carter photos to Sports Illustrated. In return the magazine gave Running Times [...]

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