Processing the News

The article talks about how today is a difficult time to be a photojournalist because of the controversy that comes with photographers editing or altering their photos. Photojournalists agree that alteration to the image by putting in or taking out a certain item is going too far, but the controversy is seen in the subtle changes made. The new digital age makes it easy for a photographer to fix the lighting or colors in a photo but people question whether this is a true representation of reality. Photojournalists do not all hold the same standards for how much they "fix" their photos. The article ,however, says that the underlying content never changes.