Visual Journalism

My academic and professional colleagues have been wringing their hands for the last few years or the idea of “user generated content,” also known as “citizen journalism” (a phrase we all despise). News organizations are now dealing, on a regular basis, with video and stills submitted by readers and viewers. In a piece the Chicago Tribune posted on this issue,...

The headline here comes from Linda Epstein, who posted a link to this New York Times blog about a doctored image coming from Iran. (Really? A government doctoring images? Who would have thought that?) Maybe now we know where Adnan Hajj is working … 

Media Matters has a piece up on how two Fox News Channel hosts called two New York Times journalists “attack dogs” because of their reporting on the channel’s lead in the ratings. But when they ran images of the two journalists, they doctored them … significantly. 

The Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C., has a piece on whether you can shoot photos in Union Station. Turns out, you can – but security doesn’t know that and has been harassing tourists and pros of late. Meanwhile, Bruce Schneier at The Guardian has a column on why photographers are considered threats by government agencies. The 9/11 terrorists didn’t photograph...