Graphic Images

  • Behind the Story

    May 1 2005

    African Children

    By Jimi Matthews

    It’s always a race. What time is the bird? What have the opposition got? Bodies? How many? How many do you have? No, don't bother. There is no interest. Maybe if you had some bodies. I had some bodies yesterday but there was a train crash in Germany.

  • Behind the Story

    Oct 1 2004

    Shooting Violence

    By Nael Shyoukhri

    I would like to tell you about some of my experience concerning filming and watching videos of violence in my area. During the last 10 years of fighting and war, I have had to witness many many very violent pictures, and I and my colleagues hope that this will be useful for other people and journalists to learn from.

  • In Depth

    May 24 2004

    Breaking Tragic News

    By Penny Cockerell

    It’s near deadline. A story about a tragic killing comes across my desk and it’s my job to get comments from the family. I make the dreaded call and gently ask for reaction to the news — only to learn that the family doesn’t yet know. What now?

  • In Depth

    Apr 2 2004

    Facing the Graphic Truth

    By Penny Cockerell

    Years ago when I spent time in Panama, rarely did a day go by when the morning paper didn’t carry the full-color, front-page bloodied remains of some poor guy killed the night before. It was hardly breakfast material, but apparently the photos didn’t disturb the reading public enough to make the paper stop publishing them.

  • Event Report

    Mar 22 2004

    Reporting War: Lessons From Iraq

    By Meg Spratt

    At Berkeley's conference on The Media at War, speakers raised tough questions about press freedom and independence, about the relationship between media and military, and about the ethics of presenting, or withholding, graphic and disturbing details to mainstream audiences.

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