by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2014
Alter what’s real in photos, lose ‘credibility,’ Toronto Star visuals editor says
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English used her Friday column to address this week's announcement from the Associated Press...
Photojournalism Ethics
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2014
Why did Harper’s Bazaar Publish Playboy’s Kate Moss Photos Without Permission? Playboy sues
Playboy magazine has filed a copyright lawsuit against Harper's Bazaar for publishing without permission its photos of Kate Moss. According...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2014
Photographer Fakes Syrian Photo, AP Fires him
The Associated Press fired one of its freelance photographers for doctoring a photo taken in Syria. In an AP press...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
UPDATED Photog Responds: Columbia Journalism Review Takes down Photo after Copyright Complaint
Columbia Journalism Review unpublished a photograph after a Cleveland Plain Dealer photo editor complained of copyright violation. According to the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2014
Jezebel Pays $10K for Pre-Photoshop Lena Dunham Vogue Pics, Checkbook Journalism?
Breaking news! Fashion magazine Vogue Photoshops women. The blog Jezebel paid $10,000 to get the pre-Photoshopped photographs of Lena Dunham...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2013
38 News Orgs Protest White House’s ‘Stringent Photo Policies’
Newspaper publisher McClatchy, USA Today and the News Tribune all said this week that they won't publish White House hand-out...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 28, 2013
NYT Won’t Unpublish Palestinian Mother Photo
The New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan explained why the Times left a photo up despite complaints. Sullivan earlier...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Nov 27, 2013
Holy Areola! Should the NY Times use pasties next time for its front page breast photo?
Sensationalism at the New York Times? Why else would the Times photography editors select a peek-a-boo shot of a woman...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2013
NYT Admits Photo of Palestinian mother was a Bad Call, Received 100s of Complaints
The New York Times admitted it shouldn't have used a picture of a Palestinian mother with a story about the...