Week 5

I found this week's blog assignment to be slightly challenging. I believe that all of the pictures do a great job of telling the story at hand, but then again when I think about whether or not it would be ethical to publish some of those photos, the line between informing readers and respecting the people in the pictures and their families, becomes very blurred.
After much consideration I decided that I would publish all of the photos in the first group. Dwyer called the press conference on his own and knew that reporters and photographers with cameras would show up and snap pictures of the event. He could have taken is life in the privacy of his own home or anywhere, but he decided to hold a press conference in order to do it. Therefore, I think getting the pictures published was probably his goal. Also, the pictures are not graphic so I see no harm in the publication of them.
Of the next group, I would publish the first and fourth pictures only and I would only publish them if it was necessary. Both are very good pictures because they are so full of emotion. However, both of the boys' faces are very clear in the photos, which is one of the reasons I would hesitate to publish them, as they are both so young. But since it is a dead animal instead of a dead human in the first picture and since the boy in the fourth picture ended up being fine, if the picture was necessary and relevant to the story, I would publish it.
As far as the other three pictures go, I would not publish them, whether or not it was locally. The second and third photo both show a dead human being, which I would find to be inappropriate and disrespectful to both the deceased as well as their families if published.
I found the last picture to be downright disgusting. I would absolutely never even consider publishing a photo of a woman being sexually assaulted by dozens of men with smiles on their faces. The blurred face does not make publishing the picture okay; the woman did not deserve the sexual assault and she would not deserve the publication of this photo.