FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- David Handschuh, the 2015 visiting distinguished professor of ethics in journalism will present a public lecture sponsored by the University of Arkansas Center for Ethics in Journalism, the Lemke Department of Journalism and KUAF.
“Photographs That Changed Us” will be presented at 7 p.m., Oct. 7, 2015 at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House, Razorback Road at Maple Street, Fayetteville.
The lecture will focus on the ethical use of images published by news media.
“Professional and amateur photographers take billions of images around the world, every single day. Whether using a Nikon or cell phone camera, they’re recording history,” said David Handschuh, visiting distinguished professor.
Images can become an iconic moment, Handschuh said.
“In a split second a photograph can give us a tangible reminder of what happened in the world at that moment,” Handschuh said.
“Whether to publish images of horrific death and violence is a difficult ethical question for news media,” said Patsy Watkins, Center for Ethics in Journalism Committee Member.
“The news media has faced these questions recently with photos from the Boston Marathon bombing, the filmed execution of Americans by ISIS, the shooting of two broadcast journalists and the drowning death of 3-year-old Syrian child,” Watkins said.
The lecture gives the public a chance to know how journalists think about these issues and make decisions to publish, Watkins said.
“Having David Handschuh as our Visiting Distinguished Professor of Ethics gives us an exceptional opportunity to explore and explain how journalists see their ethical responsibilities with such photographs,” Watkins said.
Handschuh is an award-winning photographer and former DART Center for Journalism and Trauma Fellow. He has 30 years of experience photographing everything from food to fires. Handschuh won much acclaim for his work at ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001.