Comments on: Flickr, Buzznet expand citizens' role in visual journalism http://www.ojr.org/flickr-buzznet-expand-citizens-role-in-visual-journalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flickr-buzznet-expand-citizens-role-in-visual-journalism Focusing on the future of digital journalism Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian J Hong http://www.ojr.org/flickr-buzznet-expand-citizens-role-in-visual-journalism/#comment-407 Brian J Hong Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:51:45 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=894#comment-407 Sure, having a global photo library to choose from would be great, except for the fact that we’d havve a global photo library to choose from! Sometimes more choice is BAD. Nothing would ever get done because we would have too many choices. Maybe the story that goes with the article is not the BEST picture that could go with it, but it certainly would be one that works and fits well.

More than expanding a photo library to include everything, we should create photo libraries that include LESS. We should have more “specialized” photo albums, so that if you wanted a photo that specifically is used for ____, that would be a website in itself. Plus, not all photos need to be good, sometimes you want a bad photo–maybe for kitsch factor, who knows? That of course, should perhaps be its own website…badphotos.com!

]]> By: Michael Darling http://www.ojr.org/flickr-buzznet-expand-citizens-role-in-visual-journalism/#comment-406 Michael Darling Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:58:24 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=894#comment-406 Pist, no offense but almost EVERY image on the net has been altered in one way or another, what makes me proud is my photojournalist skills can be now used, as long as they give credit to me and tell me I am pleased because i want more photo clippings.

]]> By: Patrick Murphy http://www.ojr.org/flickr-buzznet-expand-citizens-role-in-visual-journalism/#comment-405 Patrick Murphy Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:35:14 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=894#comment-405 The prospect of journalists publishing user-generated photos raises the question of authenticity: how will they validate that the image wasn’t concocted in PhotoShop?

Magazines have long doctored images, especially women’s magazines that airbrush years and pounds off celebrities, but also general interest magazines with reputations for journalistic integrity. Remember Time’s infamous darkening of O.J. Simpson’s cover photo, and National Geographic’s repositioning of the pyramids? Why would photo editors expect any different from users? How would they know for sure?

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