The Malaysia Air Crash: Should We Publish Pictures of Bodies? – Megan Garber – The Atlantic

The Malaysia Air Crash: Should We Publish Pictures of Bodies?

The tragedy is yet another reminder that ethics, as well as facts, are part of real-time reporting.

via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/a-verified-news-photo-doesnt-have-to-be-a-published-news-photo/374626/

There are only nine images of the crash so far from the Reuters news wire, and the one containing the young woman’s body is the most illustrative of them all. It’d be easy to miss her, pale and small, within the wreckage. It’d be easy to miss the warning Reuters appended to its caption: “ATTENTION EDITORS – VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH.”