“Photojournalism is the use of photographs in conjunction with the reporting of news in media such as print newspapers, magazines, television news and internet reporting.” (Westbrook) Photojournalism plays a very important role to the public. It helps audiences know the stories or news better, and it provides the visual experience about the reality of the news. Press photo would express the more than half of the story. Personally opinion, that the news with photo would be more attractive than the plain word-only news.
There are 4 basic principle of journalism that journalists should follow, which are timeliness, accuracy, fair representation of the context of events and facts reported, and accountability of the public. (Westbrook) If a news without timeliness, then it will lose the majority of audiences who care about the current news not the old ones. Additionally, inaccurate press photos will mislead the audience. “According journalistic codes of ethics journalists must not alter their image because their role is to report about various events and inform the audience about facts.” (Danilovic)
I believe that taking a journalistic photo has same ethics as writing a news story. Therefore, the journalistic photo should be as accurate as a news story. The journalists are not allowed to exclude or manipulate the photo in order to context or facts. Although the minor change in the photograph may change the fact; the impact of the altering press photographs is unimaginable. It may lead to as serious as war. However, the reasonable alter is allowed, such as the improving the quality of the image without changing the fact. (Danilovic)
Works Cited
Danilovic, S. (n.d.). Photography: Shooting The Truth. Module 9.
Westbrook, D. (n.d.). A Brief History of Photojournalism. Retrieved 04 25, 2011, from Photography School: http://www.photography-schools.com/photojournalismhistory.htm
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