Black Star Rising’s Anh Stack brought up a good topic on ethics and video storytelling. “Is Video a Trojan Horse for Photojournalistic Ethics?”
But in the minds of many print photojournalists, TV’s justifications for setting up shots represent a slippery slope – one that starts with the relatively innocent staging for editing purposes, but can eventually descend into changing the nature of the story.
Melissa Lyttle and Heather S. Hughes weigh in:
“Who let them (video) into our clubhouse without making them play by our rules… namely, having some ethics?” – Melissa Lyttle.
Well said. As we are constantly asked to produce more and more visual content in the medium of video storytelling, it is crucial we do not let ourselves ethically slide. We’ll have to work even harder and focus our priorities to manage all these new tasks; but we cannot — and I stress cannot – take even the slightest shortcut for saving time or making the process easier. I’m curious to know if any print newsrooms are ethically eroding as they mature with video.
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