COMMENTARY: Those thoughts — 'I can’t. I must.' — perfectly sum up the dilemma as newsrooms view graphic photos that tell the story of what’s happening in Ukraine probably more effectively than any words could, writes journalism professor Karen List.
Ukrainian soldiers help a fleeing family crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. : “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
Lynsey Addario, on assignment for the New York Times, watched a mother, her two children and an adult companion attempt to run across a bridge that spanned the Irpin River. A Russian mortar hit just as the family made it over, into Kyiv.She saidI’m sure photo editors in newsrooms around the world were saying something similar:was published at the top of front pages and news websites around the world.
As newsrooms across the world grapple with the question of which photos to use, the victims’ and their families’ privacy is a major consideration.
Photographers have the courage to show us exactly what’s happening in these fraught and dangerous situations. And newsrooms must have the courage to publish them
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