Photojournalism ethics

Part One:
In our society today I believe that there should be more of an ethical approach when coming to photojournalism.  Its understandable that journalists are trying to get there message across by showing detailed pictures, but there comes a point were there should be a limit on what you show.  Everyone in our world is human whether you make a mistake or not.  Celebrities are the main people that get criticized every day in the media.  Although they are looked up to by many people there comes a point when they should be left privacy.  When you see a picture in a magazine of celebrities partying and out of control, or crying over something that has upset them in their life, that's their life and their business that no one else should have to know about.  This also causes people to look down on the celebrities because they are put in a bad spot light.  What people don't realize is that everyone makes mistakes and everyone has emotions and the freedom to be who they want to be.  There should be more respect shown towards peoples everyday lives and situations.  I think that most people would agree that if they were put in the spot light for the world to see, that they would hate to see a criticizing photo, but would much rather prefer seeing a photo of them doing a good deed.  This is why I believe that there should an ethical approach towards photojournalism

Part Two:

PHOTO ONE

I chose this picture because it shows that the students are also interested in what the candidates have to say about their future.  As the students were asking questions, I took pictures because it shows that although most of us aren't of age to vote yet, the questions they ask and the answers they get from the candidates are still important because it's there future that is also being affected by their decisions. 

PHOTO TWO

I chose this picture because it shows that John Lawson wants to make a positive connection with the students at our school.   In the chapel after the presentation John Lawson showed that he was interested in the questions that were asked by students.  He showed lots of respect by taking his time to explain what the Green Party was all about, and what he would do to help ensure that the future would change positively.