April 25, 2007 Alterations, Again News Photographer magazine editor Donald Winslow reports on how several publications digitally altered one of the images from the Virginia Tech shooting, allegedly to protect a student’s dignity. Categories Ethics & Legal
April 23, 2007 NBC Logo – To Alter or Not Jim Romenesko asks whether NBC’s act of stamping their logo on the photos and footage they received from the Virginia Tech shooter is the same or different from Allan Detrich altering a photo for the Toledo Blade last month. Categories Ethics & Legal
April 18, 2007 Photo Manipulations Through History Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, has a good listing of manipulated images (and seems to be updating it continually). A good resource. Categories Ethics & Legal
April 18, 2007 Virginia Tech Student Photojournalist Detained, Equipment Held According to an article on the Student Press Law Center web site, Collegiate Times photojournalist Shaozhuo Cui was detained by police on Monday because he matched a description of the possible shooter on the Virginia Tech campus. While the student newspaper isn’t objecting to his being detained given the circumstances, the authorities have not returned his cameras or identification cards... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
April 15, 2007 Toldeo Blade Finds 79 Altered Images – from 2007 ALONE The Toledo Blade has published the results of their investigation into the work of former staff photographer Allan Detrich – and found that Detrich submitted 79 digitally altered images since January. Detrich had originally stated the March image from a Bluffton University baseball game that had a missing set of legs was a mistake. In their investigation the paper found... Categories Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal
April 14, 2007 "Chicks Who Click" Okay, first? It’s in quotes – it’s NOT my phrase. Second, it leads to “MWACs” – “Mom With A Camera.” Also, not my phrase. Moving on, the New York Times has an article on the growing number of women who are opening photography businesses that specialize in shooting kids. Some are doing well, with established business plans. Some are weekend... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal
April 13, 2007 Toldeo Blade to Reveal Other Detrich Altered Photos In Sunday’s newspaper, the Toledo Blade will talk about their investigation into altered photos by former staff photojournalist Allan Detrich, the National Press Photographers Association’s web site is reporting. Sunday’s story will appear as a refer on page one, though the newspaper isn’t saying how many altered images they have uncovered. Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
April 12, 2007 News from Elsewhere We have Kate Marymont, editor of the Fort Myers News-Press in town for a few days. She gave a great talk on the University of Georgia campus Wednesday about Gannett’s “Information Center” concept and how her paper is applying it. With a few minutes of spare time, I headed over to the News-Press web site and found this entry on... Categories Ethics & Legal/Multimedia/Tech Talk
April 10, 2007 Detrich resigns from the Toldeo Blade Allan Detrich, who removed the legs from behind a sign two weeks ago, has resigned from the Toledo Blade, according to an article on Photo District News. He has posted a few comments about his plans on his personal blog, as well. Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
April 5, 2007 Toldeo Blade photo altered The National Press Photographers Association has a story on a photo that was digitally altered in the Toledo Blade last week. Several other photographers were standing in the same position making the same image, all of which were published in various newspapers. According to the article, the photographer altered the photo for his personal files and accidentally sent it to... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism