Why Is Photojournalism Important?
We depend on photojournalists every day. More and more that photojournalist is a videographer instead of a photographer, but either involves telling the story visually instead of with words. Even though news sources like CNN get the news to us quicker, we still pick up the daily news and read the details. Photos make or break a paper. Only the Wall Street Journal has survived all these years free of photos. In the United States, journalism is one of the last bastions of freedom that thrives today. Guaranteed by our forefathers, and protected by the Constitution, the freedom of speech and expression is one of the most contested rights granted to us. Our job is to make sure that the truth is told. Both sides of an issue spin the story their way, only though the unbiased press can the truth be told or presented so that we can make our own decisions on what the truth is. However, words alone can carry the bias and spin of the person who wrote it. Photographs are seen and perceived as the u
