Category: Ethics & Legal

Last week, a student photojournalist for The Lantern at Ohio State University was detained after photographing some wandering cows. Now, the paper, which is run by the university, and the university are refusing to provide him with legal representation because he was detained by … the Ohio State University police department.

Alex Kotran, a photojournalist for The Lantern, a student publication at Ohio State University, was detained after he tried to photograph a pair of runaway cows on campus. (The surveillance video of the cows and cops is, uh, entertaining …)

I was a wire guy early in my career, almost three years of stringing for the Associated Press and several more with Agence France-Presse. When Getty Images, another psuedo-wire service/agency, started signing contracts with major sports leagues to provide visual coverage, I figured most major news outlets would stop using them. Why? Because if you’re shooting a basketball game for...