http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/protest-and-apology-after-daily-beacon-story/ Journalism ethics cases online Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/protest-and-apology-after-daily-beacon-story/#comment-1836 Rashah McChesney Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:43:30 +0000 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/protest-and-apology-after-daily-beacon-story/#comment-1836 We had a similar situation at our student newspaper a few years ago when we published a photo of a student who had drowned in the lake on campus. In the photo, the foot of the student was visible hanging off of the stretcher, there was a lot of backlash over that photo. I have to wonder if people react negatively to images and words because of the content or if it is the underlying feeling that they produce. Isn't it the journalists job to bring the scene to the rest of the world? Doesn't this mean that even if the scene is heartrending or scary or nauseating it is still the job of the journalist to present it?