Images From Haiti: Telling The Story Or Borderline Tabloid?
Much of the world has been moved by vivid pictures of the
tragedy in Haiti. Web sites, television programs and newspapers
have featured frightening images of death and destruction. But
when is a disaster image necessary to illustrate the severity of
a situation, and when does it cross the line into
sensationalism? To explain the sometimes fine line, guest host
Lynn Neary talks NPR Senior Supervising Producer for multimedia
Keith Jenkins, a former photography editor at the Washington
Post, and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Deanne
Fitzmaurice.    As we mentioned, many Americans have been moved
by the vivid pictures of the tragedy in Haiti. Web sites,
television programs and newspapers have featured frightening
images of death and destruction. And that made us wonder, when
is a disaster image necessary to illustrate the severity of the
situation, and when does it cross the line into sensationalism?
Joining us to discuss how news organizations de