Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that employs images in order to tell a news story. They’re still images that tell a story usually to exploit news to across the world. Photographing news for an assignment is one of the most ethical problems photographers face Photojournalists have a moral responsibility to decide what pictures to take, what picture to stage, and what pictures to show the public. The public is attracted to gruesome photographs and dramatic stories. A lot of controversy arises when deciding which photographs are too violent to show the public, but ultimately it gets their attention.

There are 3 types of photojournalism:

Timeliness – The images have meaning in the context of a recently published record of events.

Objectivity – The situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict in both content and tone.

Narrative – The images combine with other news elements to make facts relatable to the viewer or reader on a cultural level.

Examples of Photojournalism: