Ethics & Legal – Page 49 – Visual Journalism

May 5, 2007

Is CNN.com Complicit in Lying to its Readers?

This just, well, stunned me. On the front page of CNN.com this morning is a story about the tornadoes that tore through Kansas last night. And quoted, on the front page and in the third graf of the story, is an “Allan Detrich.” Is this the disgraced former Toledo Blade photographer? The one who lied to his editors, his blog...

Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

Category: Ethics & Legal

Is CNN.com Complicit in Lying to its Readers?

Alterations, Again

NBC Logo – To Alter or Not

Photo Manipulations Through History

Virginia Tech Student Photojournalist Detained, Equipment Held

Toldeo Blade Finds 79 Altered Images – from 2007 ALONE

"Chicks Who Click"

Toldeo Blade to Reveal Other Detrich Altered Photos

News from Elsewhere

Detrich resigns from the Toldeo Blade