We are working this week with digital photos and talking about some of the issues - such as the ease of altering a photo with software, the availablity of graphic photos online that a news org might choose not to run, amateur photos making it into the news, etc. Here are some links to some readings on these topics ... (Note: A few of these articles discuss graphic news and amateur images and provide links if you choose to view them)
Readings:
One Image, One Word – the power of photos
The Photo Revolution Has Begun - from Poynter.org
Beyond Taste: Editing the Truth – the issue of altering photos for news use, from Poynter.org
Magazine Covers: Photojournalism or Illustration? – the issue of altering mag cover photos , from Poynter.org
The Martha Stewart Newsweek cover
Other cover alterations - from Darmouth class on Digital Media
War Images as Eyewitnesses - from Poynter.org
OJR piece on new controversey with war images - Online Journalism Review
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