Category: Ethics & Legal

In an interesting behind-the-scenes post on the Associated Press’ web site, Paul Colford looks into some complaints about the heavenly glow that occasionally appears behind politicians’ heads. J. David Ake, the AP Washington assistant chief of bureau of photography, notes that this issues has been raised for years – and they’ve included previous presidents with the same glow behind them...

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, James Estrin has a piece up about a new exhibit at the Bronx Documentary Center titled, “Altered Images: 150 Years of Posed and Manipulated Documentary Photography.” The post has an interview with Michael Kamber, one of the co-curators and it’s worth a read. Was happy to see that two of my major...

A few days ago, Taylor Swift posted an open letter to Apple complaining about their new Music service. I’m sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3 month trial to anyone who signs up for the service. I’m not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those...

In an interview with Onward about multimedia storytelling, Brian Storm slips this in at the end: I don’t think we should reconsider the ethics of photojournalism. Just because technology has changed it doesn’t mean that we should treat the documentation of stories in a less ethical manner. I agree.