by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2011
No More Staged Photos from White House
Earlier this month, visual journalist Charles Apple and Poynter's Al Tompkins questioned the White House's staging photos for photographers after...
Photojournalism Ethics
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2011
CNET Advises How to Detect Fake Photos
It's been a busy month for photojournalism ethics. Since the announcement that Osama bin Laden was killed, fake death photos circulated, the...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2011
Are Photos of Pippa Middleton Sunbathing Topless Inappropriate To Publish or Write About?
The Guardian questioned if the media has been "inappropriate" in its reporting of Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate Middleton....
by Sydney Smith on May 30, 2011
Is Cover of New Sarah Palin Book Photoshopped?
The cover of a new "tell-all" book about Sarah Palin seems to be a Photoshopped image. The cover image shows the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
White House Sets New Policy in place of staged photos
The White House announced last month that it would review new ways to allow photojournalists to take pictures of the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2011
WBRC Fox TV News Hoaxed by Viewer Submitted Fish Photo
An Alabama Fox TV news station was hoaxed by a viewer who submitted a photo as a prank in honor...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2011
Is Speculative, Photoshopped Princess Diana Report Distasteful?
Newsweek Photoshopped a picture of the late Princess Diana into a photo of Kate Middleton and featured a cover story...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2011
Newspapers Apologize to Pippa Middleton for Pics
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade highlighted two recent complaints Pippa Middleton filed with the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission over...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
NBC Sports Blog Runs Pic of Crack Addict Character Tyrone Biggums, Instead of Athlete?
NBC Sports's College Football Talk blog incorrectly used a photo of a crack-addict TV character to accompany its story on...