BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Of course all metadata in the EXIF table can be edited by anyone with a desire.
EXIFTOOL comes to mind.

Jack 13088 Loc: Central NY

As hard as it is to believe there was once a time when old school journalists treasured accuracy in reporting above all. There was an attribute called integrity that seems to have taken a hit in contemporary society. Couple integrity with the desire to be to be “first to press” with news you get policies that do not make sense in other contexts. So here we are trying to to use an irrelevant policy in a tiresome vs. argument.

As I remember, National Geographic fueled by a cover photograph depicting Egyptian pyramids in a configuration not available at any real world viewpoint has imposed a policy that ready for press photographs be supported by a exceedingly difficult to fake raw file.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

RAW files require post-processing and that means they could have different interpretations from different people. The red barn from one source may be the brick-red barn if sent in by someone else. Note they also asked for minimal corrections to be made. By using Jpegs, they are getting pretty much what the subject actually looked like at the time it was taken. The Jpegs do not depend on what a photographer wants the shot to look like, it just is what it is unless someone messes with it a lot and they have asked for that not to happen.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...ignorance.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

I think that some of the folks who post onthis thread are superimposing too much technology on a simple production required that has more to do with pricing and transmitting images as opposed to the ethics of journalism.

I believe there are two types of "news" publications, straightforward and honest publications and "rags" ! The first kid practices journalism and the latter "yellow journalism which is not factual but fakery, ridiculous sensationalism, gossip, and smut.

Mostof the authenticity or falsehoods take place in the writing and dishonesty altered images accompany the bad copy. Accurate documentary reporting is usually accompanied by authentic photography.

No doubt, many time-honored newspapers,s and publications do have ideological linings that show up in the editorial content but that is no secret. Folks who read them know what they are getting. The rags are not NEWS, they are weird entertainment!

As for photojournalists and news shooters- put the technicalities of RAW vs. Jpeg aside. Forget about how the image is "processed" in the camera or therafter. Think more about how the image is "processed" or approached in the photographer's brain. Even a slight change in viewpoint, focal length, or what is included or omitted from the "frame" can all tell very differet stories. The picture editor can crop something out of an image but can not honestly reinsert waht may have been left out.

In the olden days, the news services and papers were kida standardized on 8x10 or so glossy prints- not matte, not textured no too small or too large. The wire serves placed the prits on a drum- scanner-like device and the images were received on a similar device at the newspapers printed on Newsprint with a 55-line screen.

dave.speeking Loc: Brooklyn OH

Shoot RAW+JPG. Shooting both will provide the photog proof of ownership if an
image is stolen or manipulated for nefarious reasons. There are bad guys out there.

Mike1017

Very Interesting I shoot nothing but RAW and the comment made was its for amateurs ( Really ) I am pro photographer. I guess I am doing something wrong, been shooting RAW for many years. I guess its called whatever floats your boat. I also guess that means shoot in full automatic. Oh well what ever works for ya.

Mike1017

Wrong wrong wrong not true you can do much more to a raw image that JPG .

charles brown Loc: Tennesse

pego101

Raw shooting should be illegal.
Lol only kidding.
I only shoot raw

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I'm not sure who you are replying to since you didn't use Quote Reply. You're a pro, but are you a photojournalist? That's what the discussion is about.

GLSmith Loc: Tampa, Fl

It would be interesting to see Reuters definition of “FreeLance Contributors”. Didn’t realize the major outlets still used them….probably refers to readers

Dan' de Bourgogne

Ah! I will finally be able to work with this agency

Lagoonguy Loc: New Smyrna Beach, FL

Yes

jimneotech Loc: Michigan

My guess is that it is easier to spoof an AI picture to a RAW file than a JPEG since JPEG files have conjoined data points.