I'm not going to college. What's an argument paper? Do you have an argument? What's your argument? What do you mean by "discussing the ethical factors in photojournalism"?

>>2763295
There seems to be a few topics within photojournalism where the question can be asked, "Are some the actions photojournalists take ethical?"

Some examples from the Wikipedia article:

"Photojournalism works within the same ethical approaches to objectivity that are applied by other journalists. What to shoot, how to frame and how to edit are constant considerations. 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."

"Photographs of the dead or injured arouse controversy because more often than not, the name of person depicted in the photograph is not given in the caption. The family of the person is often not informed of the photograph until they see it published. The photograph of the street execution of a suspected Viet Cong soldier during the Vietnam War provoked a lot of interest because it captured the exact moment of death. The family of the victim was also not informed that the picture would run publicly."

"Other issues involving photojournalism include the right to privacy and the compensation of the news subject. Especially regarding pictures of violence, photojournalists face the ethical dilemma of whether or not to publish images of the victims. The victim's right to privacy is sometimes not addressed or the picture is printed without their knowledge or consent. The compensation of the subject is another issue. Subjects often want to be paid in order for the picture to be published, especially if the picture is of a controversial subject."

"Another major issue of photojournalism is photo manipulation – what degree is acceptable? Some pictures are simply manipulated for color enhancement, whereas others are manipulated to the extent where people are edited in or out of the picture."

>>2763298
So is your paper going to be about those particular controversial subjects or is it about you taking a side in them and explaining why?

>>2763295
>>2763299

I've just been vaguely thinking about the topic up 'till now, but I'm thinking that I could focus on the ethical considerations (mentioned above) and argue for or against the act of taking photographs of involuntary victims (victims of war, violence, poverty, I guess?) for the sake of journalism.

It's just that I'm not sure if this is a topic that has a lot of substance. I have found a good amount of written material about it, but I don't know if it's really a heated subject of debate.

>>2763269

I'm currently in a Master of Journalism program.
AMA

>>2763330
Aren't you, like, horrified by the fact that there are no jobs out there?

>>2763333
I guess, potentially?

I got into journalism because I want to tell stories and share information with people, and I'll do that however I can.

What makes a person "hire-able" are the other skills they have aside from writing. Things like photography, social media (a ridiculously huge component of today's media coverage), website management, the ability to use various streams of dissemination (radio, video).

Also, I want to be a little more niche in my writing which makes me a little more "special" in that sense.