Poynter Online - Dealing with Shocking Images

This list of resources was originally compiled for the 2004 News University program:
Handling the Horrible: Dealing with Shocking Images.

General online resources about dealing with shocking images

(2007)
Video Apparently Showing Hussein Wounds Emerges
CNN, January 9, 2007
Cell-Phone Videos Transforming TV News
Washington Post, January 7, 2007

(2006)
For Saddam's Page in History, A Final Link on YouTube
Washington Post, December 31, 2007
A Chilling Photograph's Hidden History
Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2006
Source of Prize-Winning Execution Photo Revealed (audio)
NPR, December 2, 2006
Pictures From an Execution Come Into Focus
Washington Post, July 20, 2006
Salon Editor on Publication of Latest Abu Ghraib Photos (audio)
NPR, February 16, 2006
http://npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5219011
Salon exclusive: The Abu Ghraib files
Salon, February 16, 2006
http://salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/16/abu_ghraib/
Iraqi government denounces Abu Ghraib abuse
CNN, February 16, 2006
http://cnn.com/
Photos reignite Middle East anger
Sydney Morning Herald, February 16, 2006
http://www.smh.com.au
New Iraq abuse photos threaten to revive anger
MSNBC, February 16, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383850/from/RS.5/
The return of Abu Ghraib
BBC, February 15, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4717486.stm
More Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Photos Leaked
ABC News, February 15, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1621440
New Abu Ghraib Pictures, Videotape Made Public (audio)
NPR, February 15, 2006
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5218110

(2004)
Terrorists and the Internet
MSNBC, June 24, 2004
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5279657
Missed Signals
AJR, August/September 2004
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3716
The Internet as a Unique News Source
Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2004
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/130/report_display.asp
Abu Ghraib Time Line
AJR, June/July 2004
South Korean Hostage Executed
MSNBC, June 22, 2004
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5256382/
Al Qaeda Militants Kill American Hostage
CNN, June 18, 2004
Press Wrestles with Grim Clips
The Christian Science Monitor, May 26, 2004
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0526/p02s01-usgn.html
Interview with Washington Post Executive Editor
Transcript of Washington Post.com interview with
Leonard Downie Jr. about new Iraq images
May 21, 2004, http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp-dyn/articles/A44952-2004May21.html
Photos that will haunt us more than words ever could
San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 2004
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f
=/c/a/2004/05/19/DDG5R6MV001.DTL
Kids and War Images (Audio)
NPR, May 18, 2004
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1901158
May 2004, a Turning Point for Some Listeners
NPR, May 18, 2004
http://www.npr.org/features/columns/
column.php?columnId=2781901&wfId=1901093
Sorting through Unpleasant War Images
The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17, 2004
http://www.signonsandiego.com/
news/op-ed/lubrano/20040517-9999-lz1e17lubrano.html
The Power of Images
Dart Center, May 17, 2004
http://dartcenter.org/
articles/headlines/2004/2004_05_17.html
Still Darker Images
Washington Post, May 16, 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp-dyn/articles/A30043-2004May15.html
News Judgment Old and News Judgment New:
American Nicholas Berg Beheaded. Now What?
PressThink / Jay Rosen, May 16, 2004
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/
pressthink/2004/05/16/berg_video.html
A Series of Errors on Lewd Images
Boston Globe, May 14, 2004
http://boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/
articles/2004/05/14/a_series_of_errors_on_lewd_images/
RTNDA Releases Guidelines for Airing Graphic Materials
RTNDA, May 13, 2004
http://www.rtnda.org/news/2004/051304.shtml
Graphic Images: RTNDF Ethics Project & Coverage Guidelines
RTNDA, May 13, 2004
http://www.rtnda.org/ethics/graphic.shtml
GOP Leaders Oppose Release of More Abuse Images
CNN, May 12, 2004
http://cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/12/congress.abuse/
Powerful Images
PBS NewsHour, May 12, 2004
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
bb/middle_east/jan-june04/senators_5-12.html/
Nick Berg Execution Coverage
Newsdesigner.com, May 12, 2004
http://www.newsdesigner.com/archives/000195.php
A Death Caught on Tape: Should it Run or Not?
USA Today, May 11, 2004
http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/
mediamix/2004-05-11-media-mix_x.htm
Vivid Photos Remain Etched in Memory (Audio)
NPR, May 10, 2004
http://npr.org
US Powerless to Halt Iraq Net Images
BBC, May 8, 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3695897.stm
Digital Cameras Change Perception of War
AP/MSNBC, May 7, 2004
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4925611
Abuse At Abu Ghraib
CBS Sixty Minutes II, May 5, 2004
http://www.cbsnews.com/
Shock, Outrage Over Prison Photos
CNN, May 1, 2004
http://cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/30/iraq.photos/
The Abu Ghraib Pictures
Iraq coverage from The New Yorker, April 30, 2004
http://www.newyorker.com/
online/content/?040510onco_covers_gallery
Abuse Of Iraqi POWs By GIs Probed
CBS Sixty Minutes II, April 29, 2004
http://www.cbsnews.com/
stories/2004/04/27/60II/main614063.shtml
Which Words Is a War Photo Worth?
Journalists Must Set the Standard
Online Journalism Review, April 28, 2004
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics/1083190076.php
Images of War
PBS NewsHour, April 23, 2004
http://www.pbs.org/
newshour/bb/media/jan-june04/images_4-23.html
The Memory Hole: Photos of Military Coffins
April 22, 2004
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/
Front Page Horror:
Should Newspapers Show Us Violent Images from Iraq?
Slate, April 5, 2004
http://slate.msn.com/id/2098283/
Camera / Iraq
Carleton College's Cinema & Media Studies Department
http://ratchetup.typepad.com/iraq/

Poynter Online resources

(2006)
How to Handle the Hanging: Covering the Saddam Hussein Execution
Pat Walters, Leann Frola, and Poynter faculty, December 29, 2006
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=115874
Saddam Hussein Death: Resources for Journalists
Al Tompkins , December 29, 2006
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=115898
Old and New-Media Sensibilities on Display
Steve Outing, February 17, 2006
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=97007

Handling Abu Ghraib Images
Various Sources, February 15, 2006
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=96905

(2005)

Visual Reporting Ethics (PDF file)
Kenny Irby, 2005
http://poynter.org/resource/96905/VisualEthics.pdf
APME Survey: Readers Balance Compassion
With Privacy When Considering Disturbing Images
Ryan Pitts, January 21, 2005
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=77273

(2004)
News University eSeminar:
Handling the Horrible: Dealing with Shocking Images
May 20, 2004
http://www.newsu.org/articles/view.aspx?id=260

The Story Behind the Lynndie England Interview
Al Tompkins, May 17, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65771
The (Photo) Revolution Has Begun
Steve Outing, May 12, 2004
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=65588
Story Behind the Cover: Why We Used the Photo
Mariusz Ziomecki, May 11, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65528
War Images as Eyewitness
Kenny Irby, May 10, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65426
Death of a War Correspondent
Kehrt Reyher, May 10, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65453
It's a Great Image. Now What?
Anne Conneen, May 10, 2004
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=64940
Should We Publish Shocking Photos? Ask Readers First
Steve Outing, May 4, 2004
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=65099
Women Responsible for Coffin Image Reunite
Kenny Irby, May 1, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=64967
Readers Respond to Fallujah Photos
Phil Shook, April 13, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=63968
Consider the Options
Matt Thompson, April 2, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=63509
You Be the Editor
Roy Peter Clark, April 1, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=63413&sid=29
How to Introduce Truly Disturbing Images Online
Steve Outing, April 1, 2004
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=63401
Beyond Taste: Editing Truth
Kenny Irby, March 29, 2004
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=63131
Learning from Graphic Images
Anne Conneen, July 26, 2003
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=29510
Tough Calls on Hussein Corpse Photos
Al Tompkins, July 24, 2003
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=42392
Did Powerful Image Present an Unbalanced View?
Kelly McBride, April 14, 2003
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=29510
Shooting Up On A-1
Kelly McBride, November 22, 2002
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=10958
Pearl Photo: Too Harmful
Bob Steele, June 7, 2002
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=36&aid=839
A Lens on Life and Death
David Handschuh, January 8, 2002
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=4673
The Importance of 'Disturbing Images'
Patt Blue, October 1, 2001
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=6254
When The Visual Reality Hurts
Kenny Irby, September 15, 2001
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=6161
Guidelines for Use of Tragic File Tape
Al Tompkins, September 12, 2001
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=5828
When Disturbing Photos Run
Kenny Irby, September 22, 2000
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=10769&sid=29
Picture Homicide: A "Crucial Sense of Reality"
Kenny Irby, July 22, 1996
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=5549
Covering Victims: Storytelling with Power and Respect
Bob Steele, March 1, 1996
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=5561

Additional photojournalism and media ethics links can
be found on these Poynter Online pages:

Photojournalism Tip Sheets
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=31901
Photojournalism Bibliography
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=1223
Visual Journalism Seminars
http://poynter.org/seminar/search.asp?cid=121

Media Ethics Tip Sheets
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=31889
Media Ethics Bibliography
http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=1208
Media Ethics Seminars
http://poynter.org/seminar/search.asp?cid=128
Stories about the Saddam Hussein Execution
Google News, December 2006

Links contributed by Jeremy Gilbert on December 29, 2006:
Photos of :
Uday and Qusay Hussein
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0307/
gallery.hussein.bodies/qusay.html
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0307/
gallery.hussein.bodies/uday.html
Benito Mussolini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:
Mussolini_e_Petacci_a_Piazzale_Loreto%2C_1945.jpg

Links contributed by Amy Gahran on December 29, 2006:
Iraqi blog aggregator sites:
http://www.iraqblogcount.blogspot.com/
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/
-/world/middle-east-north-africa/iraq/
http://www.hereinreality.com/iraq_blogs.html
- related:
http://www.hereinreality.com/electroniciraq.html
http://www.progressiveaustin.org/blogs.htm

Links contributed by Chip Scanlan on December 29, 2006:
A book and a history channel show about the last mass execution
in the U.S. of German POWs who killed a comrade they considered a "stoolie".
http://www.amazon.com/
Martial-Justice-Execution-United-Bluejacket/dp/155750945X

http://www.history.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/
archives/thc_guide.0632.html

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