Worth a Thousand Words: The Associated Press and Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard
This case about news photography examines a host of issues, from the mechanics of war photography, to the rules for embedded photographers, to the relationship between the military establishment and the media. It looks at the controversy in September 2009 over an Associated Press photograph of a wounded Marine who subsequently died.
Case number:
CSJ-10-0035.0
Category:
Journalism Cases
Topics:
ethics, international, photojournalism, editorial decisionmaking
Teaching resources:
Epilogue,
Teaching note