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March 5, 2015

Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to Undergo First Amendment Training

In a refreshing turn, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has settled a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union over police practices of questioning and detaining photographers. Members of the Sheriff’s Department will undergo new training: The training, supplied through a newsletter detailing the LASD policy and given to all new recruits and to all deputies assigned to...
Categories At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
March 1, 2015

World Press Photo Upholds Troilo Award

After an investigation into ethical concerns surrounding Giovanni Troilo’s first place award in the World Press Photo Contemporary Issue-Story category, the organization has decided to uphold the award. Massive Editorial Statement: World Press Photo, you got this totally wrong. How so? From their statement, here’s their justification: World Press Photo is a contest for photojournalism and documentary photography, established to...
Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
February 25, 2015

Contest Reality Distortion Field

Over at Time’s Lightbox, Olivier Laurent is reporting that World Press Photo has received a letter from the mayor of Charleroi, Belgium, claiming that a set of images that won an award this year are “profoundly dishonest.” This is getting out of hand. The mayor’s letter goes on to analyze (Giovanni) Troilo’s photographs and captions, including one that purports to...
Categories Business & Industry/Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 24, 2015

NPPA Eyetracking Roundup

Here are the four pieces from the National Press Photographers Association’s eye tracking research by Sara Quinn Part One: EYETRACKING PHOTOJOURNALISM: NEW RESEARCH EXPLORES WHAT MAKES A PHOTOGRAPH MEMORABLE, SHAREABLE, AND WORTH PUBLISHING Part Two: A QUESTION OF QUALITY: HOW RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBED PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE NPPA STUDY Part Three: NPPA EYETRACK STUDY: MOST MEMORABLE PHOTOGRAPHS HAD EMOTION, STORY, MOMENT...
Categories Photojournalism