When looking at pictures, sometimes it is difficult to decide which ones to print and which ones not to. For this week’s assignment, I am supposed to look at these photographs and decide if I would run them in the newspaper or not.
For the photos with R. Budd Dwyer, I would definitely print some of them, but not all. I think that I would print 1a because this picture shows what is about to happen but is not too graphic and really I do not think would offend anyone.
For pictures 2a and 3a, I debated whether I think these should go in print or not. However, I think that they still are ok to print because he has not shot himself yet; he is simply moving the gun around. Although, I think that 3a is worse than 2a, I think that if I had room to print all three pictures then I would.
Now, for 4a I would not print this because it is after he shot himself. I just do not see a reason for why this picture should be ran. Because showing the other pictures and then telling the reader that he shot himself all the reader to visualize and know what happened. The use of this picture is really not necessary. Therefore, I would not print picture 4a.
With the next group of pictures, I am again supposed to talk about what I would do with them.
For the first picture, I think that I would print this. Because although it is very sad, it bring with it a lot of emotion. However, I do not think that the picture is distasteful in anyway. I think that the picture very adequately captures the boy’s grief for his dog. If this happened locally, I think I would still print the picture, unless the family was very adamant about it not being run.
For the second picture, I think that I would run this but probably not if it was local. This is because if you do not know the people then there is not as much of a connection. But if you do know these people then this picture might be very disturbing. So if it was taken from somewhere else and a national story then I would run it. Otherwise, I am not entirely sure, but I think that I would not print it because I think these emotions could be shown through writing and reporting.
For the third picture, of the woman who was killed at the printing plant, I do not think that I would print this. Because it is very morbid. I think the fact that this person is dead because a disgruntled employee killed seven people, it should not be ran. I think that there are better ways to get the message across of what happened besides showing this kind of picture. I just think that a lot of people would be offended by seeing this picture.
For the fourth picture, I think this is the one that I had the most trouble with. Because I really do not like this picture. Seeing a young boy in this predicament really grosses me out. And I do not like looking at it. However, on the other hand it is amazing to me that this boy lived. Therefore, it is almost interesting to see the position this boy was in and that he lived. Because I am not sure that you can adequately describe this position. Therefore, I think that I would run this picture, however, I would not run it huge. But only because the boy lived I would run it. Had the boy died, I would not run the picture.
Finally, in the last picture, I would not run this. I think that it is horrible what happened. And I really think that this can be told through words and the picture is not needed. In addition, it is hard to tell what is going on. Without the caption there I do not think I would know what was happening in the picture. Therefore, because the picture itself is really not very good and you have to really look at it to know what is happening I would not print it.
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