PHOTO EDITING

From the NPPA Code of Ethics: !Editing should maintain the integrity of the photographic images' content and context. !Do not manipulate images or add or alter sound in any way that can mislead viewers or misrepresent subjects.

The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick on Friday after finding three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs.

The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick on Friday after finding three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs.

After a string of tornadoes in the midwest, a graphic design student in Michigan posted on her Facebook page a photo of funnel clouds which she claimed was taken from behind her

apartment. The photo quickly spread across Facebook until it was posted to the Facebook page of local station WNEM and, ultimately, broadcast on the news. Afterwards, the student admitted that the photo was a fake, saying, “I AM SO SORRY EVERYONE! I Photoshopped that photo of

the tornado. I didn’t really think it would be so big!”