His list is as follows: "1) What do you know for sure about the photographs or video to which you have access? 2) What do you need to know? 3) What purpose would you have in showing such images? 4) What consequences do you foresee from depicting such images?- He also advises journalists to think about their audience and as a starting point provides another set of questions which are: "1) What will it want and/or need to see to understand such death? 2) What impact will images of death have on the audience? 3) Will such pictures help the audience understand the truth(s) of this war? 4) Will the images help make the audience more knowledgeable about this war?-.
It seems that a fair part of the general population has the opinion that journalists publicize information such as troop movements and locations to spice up their reports, having total disregard for the safety of the troops and national security. Karen Dunlap, the Dean of Faculty at Poynter University, wants to make it clear to the public that this is just not the case (well, with the exception of your Heraldo Rivera's). She says that the public "needs to consider three facts of reporting in war time and peace: 1) Journalists work in concert with, but independent of government officials."" Lt. Commander Charles Owens briefly explains the guidelines to which the journalists are supposed to adhere to. He says, "As a professional courtesy we ask journalists not to report anything that might compromise the troops in the field. They are not censured; they are given some information on what they can and cannot do. Any embedded journalists who threaten security are given one warning. .
If a second violation occurs, the journalist is escorted out of the unit. - (Dunlap). Dunlap goes on to say that "Generally, reporters who give the location of troops do so after an officer has indicated that it is safe to do so."" She says the second fact that the public needs to consider is that "News reporters serve as watchdogs for society at home and abroad.
