Assignment On Journalists Ethics And Social Media Reportage

Running Head: JOURNALISTS ETHICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTAGE
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Journalists ethics and social media reportage
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JOURNALISTS ETHICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTAGE
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How one can render, visually re-interpret or document people in their predicament of
working to make a living and forge a career
There are ethical issues photo-journalists faces in social media reportage. They include
transparency, verification, and accuracy among others. There are new ethical issues that are not
covered by the ethical codes and current laws hence journalists may lack the tools and codes to
respond to them. Photojournalist complies with a rigid framework of ethical practice as their
work must be honest and impartial to contribute to the news media (Elliott & Ozar, 2010).
How photojournalist can document, visually re-interpret or render people in their predicament of
work to forge a career regardless of their social geography
One can develop the practice of communicating and interpreting events through
photographs. There are many subject matters one can document such as local events and issues
to social unrest. They can be employed by local newspaper or magazines, photo agencies, or
work as a freelance photographer or on the television or the internet. Photo-journalists take
photographs of people in their working environment as they are progressing with their work
activities. It gives a visual picture to tell the story and the audience gets brighter insight into their
work (Mortensen, 2014). The photograph captures the people focusing their attention on work
showing an insight into an effective working ethic.
The working conditions may have obstacles such as threats to physical danger, bad
weather, crowds of people and dangerous war zones (García & Palomo, 2015). Photojournalists
have the opportunity to change people’s views through their photographs. To document people
one has to be investigative, intellectual, inquisitive and introspective. As a result of internet