by Sydney Smith on Oct 26, 2014
Man running on fire: Photo, Video of fatal injuries posted by NY Post, Daily News, Gothamist, HuffPost
A Brooklyn man died this past week after he was set on fire by an explosion. With flames rising from...
Photojournalism Ethics
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2014
Steven Sotloff Beheading; Which Newspapers used images from video?
Even though Twitter threatened to suspend users who posted images or video from the beheading video of U.S. journalist James...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2014
NYT used one image from ‘despicable’ Steven Sotloff beheading video, Revealed he was Jewish
The New York Times only used one image of terrorist group ISIS's video showing the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2014
4 Complaints over edited James Foley beheading video, Toronto Star public editor says
The Toronto Star published an edited version of the terrorist group ISIS's video showing freelance journalist James Foley being beheaded,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 22, 2014
Random People Misidentified as WWI Private, Relative in Photo, Canadian Press issues Kill Notice,
The Toronto Star, the Canadian Press and the Veterans Affairs in Ottawa all wrongly identified a photograph of a man...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2014
How Media Covered James Foley beheading: NYPost’s front page like death porn
The New York Post went too far this morning with its print edition's cover image showing freelance journalist James Foley...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2014
MH17 Crash: NYT defends front-page photo of dead body
The New York Times received numerous complaints over its front page photo of a Malaysian crash victim with a plastic...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2014
Was balding Heir to the Throne’s Hair Photoshopped in Vanity Fair? ‘We obviously did not add more hair’ to Prince William’
Vanity Fair has been accused of Photoshopping its cover image of Prince William, Kate Middleton and their baby, Prince George....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 15, 2014
Being hoaxed was ‘crushing & embarrassing,’ Peta Pixel says, Battle of the Bulge WWII Photos NOT discovered
Several sites, including Peta Pixel, Gawker blog io9 and Popular Photography, reported the exciting news that there had been a...