World Press Photo Introduces New Ethics Guidelines for Contest – The New York Times

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World Press Photo Introduces New Ethics Guidelines for Contest

After two years of controversy over images submitted to the World Press Photo contest, the organization has announced major changes to the competition’s rules.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world-press-photo-introduces-new-ethics-guidelines-for-contest/

The new rules also include an independent fact-checking process for the captions of winning photos and a 36-hour period for entrants whose images may have been unduly altered to explain their process.

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