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Photo Journalism Ethics

How some news media can get carried away with Photoshop...

My brother, Joe Showker, ITRT-Instructional Technology Resource Specialist for Rockingham County Schools points out this little tidbit about "cheating" in photo journalism photos by the media. This link goes to "Left & Right" web site showing the patched effect on a photo of bombings in Beirut by Reuters -- the story first broken by :
"Left & Right"

Also see: Little Green Footballs Blog

I've talked about this before...

In my DTG newsletter this month, I address several inquiries about Ethics in Photojournalism, regarding one of my 60-Second Windows articles.

I'm always shocked at such blatant practices and encourage everyone to read

#168 Ethics in Digital Photography.

(Note: both Yahoo and Reuters have removed links and images, so these stories may not last long online.)

Posted by Fred Showker on August 9, 2006 3:55 PM |

Comments

The retouching on these photos is obvious and amateurish--how nobody noticed at Reuters is unbelievable. Even if they are pushing off the responsibility on a junior assistant, they need to hire qualified help. I can't think of anything they can do to regain my trust and confidence; that's the sad part because Reuters was a reliable news source. Their reliability and trustworthiness went out the window with their rubber stamp smoke in Hajj's doctored photo. Good topic, unique perspective, Fred.
Rock on.
SDK

Posted by: Susan Kirkland | August 12, 2006 12:30 PM

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