by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2012
Buffalo’s WGRZ TV Apologizes for Using Pic of Seal in Michael Clarke Duncan Report
Buffalo, New York NBC-affiliate WGRZ-2 wrongly used a photo of the singer Seal with its early September report on actor...
Photojournalism Ethics
by Sydney Smith on Oct 08, 2012
Hong Kong Journalists Association: Oriental Daily News Shouldn’t Have Published Photo of Child’s Suicide
The Oriental Daily News' Nov. 1, 2011 online article and photo of a "suicide of a primary school pupil" was...
by Richard Wolf on Oct 09, 2012
Austrian Newspaper Apologizes for Fake Syria Photo
VIENNA, Austria -- Austrian newspaper publisher Christoph Dichand apologized after Kronen Zeitung was caught using a faked dramatic photograph of...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2012
Photog Gerald Herbert Helped Victim before Photographing, Says he was a ‘Person First and a Journalist Second’
In a post for the News Guild, Janelle Hartman recounted how Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert decided to hold off...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2012
South Carolina, Georgia Newspapers Discuss Journalism Ethics at Forum
Editors from the Hilton Head Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette, the Gullah Sentinel and the Savannah Morning News discussed journalism ethics in...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2012
AP Adds ‘Caption Addition’ to Picture of Mitt Romney, ‘Fell Short of Our Own Standards’
The Associated Press made a "caption addition" that "clarifies" that a girl pictured in the background of an Oct. 8...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2012
South Africa’s The Citizen Newspaper Fires Photographer for ‘Disparaging’ Tweets about Doctored Photo
South African newspaper The Citizen fired staff member Johann Hattingh after the newspaper published a Photoshopped image, The Citizen's editor...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2012
Bhutan Media Foundation To Train Journalists in Media Ethics, Photojournalism
The Bhutan Media Foundation is hosting "10 journalism training programmes in October and November" for "more than 200 participants," according...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2012
$500 Fine for Ecuador’s El Universo for Publishing Photos of Children with Rafael Correa
An Ecuadorean judge ruled that El Universo newspaper violated the privacy of children by "publishing photographs of underage children with President...