Ethics & Legal – Page 17 – Visual Journalism

September 18, 2013

John Stewart on the Washington Shooting Coverage

The Daily Show’s John Stewart on the coverage of Monday’s shootings in Washington, D.C.: So my final, not initial, conclusion is: This is deliberate. The chaos, the vomit onto the screen, the very thing we thought news organizations were created to clarify, is a feature not a bug. This is worth part of your day. Unfortunately, the need to fill...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism

September 16, 2013

Federal Shield Law out of Committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee has sent a bill out to the full Senate to establish a federal shield law. I still have questions about whether a shield law should protect journalists or journalism, but I’m happy something is happening here. A lot of news and industry organizations signed on in support of this. Thanks to Al Tompkins at the Poynter...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 15, 2013

On Copyright and Commenters

This started with a Facebook link to a story about the North Jersey Media Group taking Sarah Palin and her political action committee to court over a copyright violation. Which is an important story, regardless of the politics. But as I read down into the comments (I know, I KNOW – don’t read the trolls), I was reminded once again...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism

September 13, 2013

Inside the Magnum Darkroom

We talk a lot about the wonders and perils of Photoshop. Are we over-toning our images for journalism? Would we have done this in a darkroom? That last question is lost on many photojournalists coming of age now as they have never worked in a darkroom. So, what was it like? Over at The Literate Lens they have a look...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 11, 2013

No, We Don’t Need Photo Editors …

… those computer algorithms can handle things. Mostly. Or not. At all. I … I don’t even know where to start with something like this.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 10, 2013

Cameras in the Supreme Court

We had a wonderful day-long series of panels centered on the Peabody Award winning SCOTUSblog on Monday. I will admit that I am a fanboy of the Supremes – there’s something so enigmatic about them, so powerful. Better than any Harry Potter sequel. As we all know, there are no cameras – still or video – allowed in the courtroom...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

September 3, 2013

Vandalization Through Colorization

A few folks have sent me a link to a site that has colorized versions of iconic black and white images. I have resisted commenting or posting because … well … I don’t know that I could properly explain my feelings toward them. Over the weekend, though, Michael Johnston did a pretty good job with it over at The Online...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 30, 2013

Bad Caption Leads to Termination

Over at the NPPA site, Donald Winslow has the story on how a “misidentified” image lead to the termination of a photographer’s contract. It is not made clear what the misidentification was, but I bet you can read between the lines.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 28, 2013

SCOTUSblog Event

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will be hosting a one-day event that focuses on the Peabody Award winning SCOTUSblog. Scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9, in the auditorium of the Special Collections Library, the event will kick off at 8:45 a.m. and is open to the public.

Ethics & Legal/Journalism

August 20, 2013

Time for New Ethical Standards?

A colleague, Barry Hollander, pointed me to this piece on PBS’ MediaShift where Stephen Ward argues that we cannot modify our traditional journalism ethics codes, we must tear them down and build new ones. Go read it, then have your blood pressure taken and come back here … Among other items, I take issue with this: Ethics of interpretation and...