With the increasing popularity of new technologies allowing journalists to imagine and edit cutting-edge video, audio and photography, the necessity for ethical standards must remain a priority. In the article “Sliding Sound, Altered Images,” Al Tompkins discusses five major guidelines journalists should adhere to while reporting and creating stories: do not add, be judicious in your use of music and special sound effects, use special editing sparingly and carefully, exercise extreme care when altering an image and use file tape sparingly. One of the major points of the article any journalist should take to heart is to not add sound or images that did not exist at the same time. The example of combining storm video and audio taken at different moments is interesting, because I realize how simple it would be to pair them and have no one be the wiser. Stretching reality even in subtle ways has consequences for the public understanding of any news event and the integrity of journalism.
-Abbie Schmid
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