The ethics

The ethics

Photojournalism is the eyes compared to what journalism is for the hearing and reading. Viewers want more than just words and want visual proof of an event, situation or issue. Photojournalism further helps what journalists want their readers to read and see. The photograph has to be relevant to what's being covered, this allows for the viewers learn about what's being covered with the images being shown. Ideally, the photo has to sufficiently defend what the issue or situation that is being portrayed in the article or what the photojournalist was to express.

Photojournalist should approach everything from the ethical aspect. They should follow along the lines of appropriateness, truthfulness, fair-minded portrayal of the perspective of dealings and evidence conveyed, and responsibility to the community; based on the NPAA's code of ethics. Following the right way of getting what the photographer wants will assert high integrity in the value of photographer's work. Photo journalists need to be neutral in a situation of reporting and cant insert bias in their work because it will alienate their viewers and will ethically immoral. Photo journalists have a responsibility to get truth out to the public and jeopardizing that will just hurt reliability of the photographer. As humans we are fascinated by visual imagery and photographers have a moral responsibility to not mislead the viewers but also, provide substantial photojournalism that will get the news out and spread awareness about the issue or situation

Ethical aspect of both journalism and photo journalism isn't different. It isn't different because both have the ultimate goal to spread news and attention about the situation or event to the general public. They both have the responsibility to get accurate news out to the public and not be discriminative in the portrayal of news. Ethics on both parts helps sustain integrity of how news is being reported and not following along the lines will result in less interest in their work because people will believe in anything but they want to believe in the truth and when they lied to then there is always backlash. They can't corrupt the process because it will diminish the freedom of the press and also it will just make people report everything on their own: they'll do it accurately, and truthfully; there will be no need for these individuals.