Framing Atrocity: Photojournalism and Press Freedom

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of photojournalism on press freedom and the ethical implications of journalism practices.

First up, researcher and editor Michelle Eid joins the show to talk about literal framing when it comes to photojournalism, and how extractive dehumanizing journalism turns people’s pain and suffering into career-boosting material, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and bolstering the dangerous disconnect that allows atrocities to continue. Michelle highlights the importance of relationship building and archival work, but that how this work is done is critical. Next up, Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield sit down to dissect some recent news that didn’t make the news, contextualize what press freedom looks like from the US to Sweden, and why AI should never be in charge of telling us what news is. The post Framing Atrocity: Photojournalism and Press Freedom appeared first on Project Censored.

People in this episode

Host: Mickey Huff

Guests: Michelle Eid, Eleanor Goldfield

Topics covered

• photojournalism
• press freedom
• dehumanizing journalism
• relationship building
• news analysis
• AI in media

Keywords

• photojournalism
• press freedom
• dehumanization
• news
• AI
• journalism ethics
• relationship building

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project Censored, AI

Places: US, Sweden

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