Hiatus

   This blog is in temporary hiatus.
   However, I have two other active blogs that are thriving: lking17.blogspot.com (Kent State's Social Role of the Media class blog) and owenspj.blogspot.com (the Owens Intro to Photojournalism class blog).
   Both of these blogs are pedagogical in nature, meaning they are directly linked to scholastic journalism education.
   Feel free to continue reading what's on this blog.

Mich Fest at 35

Back in 1976 I was a sophomore in high school. I annoyed the neighbors by playing Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath as loud as I could in my bedr

Mich Fest: 35 yearsrds

 In 1976 I was a sophomore in high school. I spun Pink Floyd and Aerosmith records as loud as I could in my really cool attic bedroom. It had pink and purple shag carpenting,

Credibility is our business

(Fox News photographer Chris Poturalski interviews a Sierra Club organizer)

   I have two job-related reoccurring nightmares: my car is stolen with all of my camera gear in the trunk, and I show up late to an event and miss it. 

   Both of these nightmares are awful, but the being late nightmare is the one I hate most because I have to admit to editors that I screwed up.

   Being late to an event can put a news photographer into an ethical dilemma. You would think it’s common sense to accept that if we as news photographers miss an event, we come up with something else to illustrate it. But it's not that easy. With today's job insecurities and fierce news competition, it's tempting to CYA (cover your butt) by doing whatever it takes to get the job done. 

   I bring this up because I recently witnessed two local TV stations staging an event they missed because they were late. It wasn't a life-altering ethical breach, but I was still a bit concerned over their decision to ask the participants of a BP handholding protest at Maumee Bay State Park to repeat what they had just finished. 

   Fox News photog Chris Poturalski and I were there on time, documenting the 15-minute protest. The two photogs showed up as I was leaving. I remember thinking, ‘Well, they could at least get sound bites from organizers and participants with the lake in the background.’ But that’s not what happened.

    Why is this a big deal? Credibility.

    The news business is suffering for many reasons, but loss of credibility shouldn’t be one of those reasons. Trust is what separates us from the social media bloggers and tweeters of the world. Our readers and watchers need to believe what we offer them. 

   What's confusing is that these types of events are actually made for the media. Yes, in a way we're being manipulated to get a message out. But that's our job - to get the news out, whether it's spot news or PR-conceived. 

   This is why it matters - those 10 people at Maumee Bay who had to get back in line and hold hands again will remember that fakery, and go home and tell their family and friends what happened. And that's the beginning of the erosion of our credibility. 

   Bottom line: Keep it in real time... 

                                                              --30--

   

Fox gets it right!

(Fox News photojournalist Chris Poturalski)

   I have two job-related reoccurring nightmares: 1 - My car is stolen with all of my camera gear in the trunk. 2. I show up to an event late and miss it. 

   Both of these nightmares are awful, but the being late nightmare is the one I hate most because I have to tell my editors at the Blade that I screwed up.

   Being late to an event can place a news photographer into an ethical dilemma. You would think it would be common sense to accept that we missed the event and move on to the next assignment. But it's not that easy. With today's job insecurities and fierce news competition, it's tempting to CYA (cover your butt) by doing whatever it takes to get the job done. 

   I bring this up because I recently witnessed two local TV stations staging an event they missed because they were late. It wasn't a life-altering ethical breach, but I was still a bit concerned over their decision to ask the participants of a BP oil spill hand-holding protest at Maumee Bay State Park to repeat what they had just finished. 

   Fox News photog Chris Poturalski and I were there on time, documenting the 15-minute protest. As I was leaving, the two photogs showed up. I thought that at least they could get sound bites from organizers and participants with the lake in the background, which is what they should have done. Well, you know the rest of the story.

   The organizers didn't mind because they got their message across. 

   

Last stop - CBS

This is my last obligatory blog posting for the Kent State NY Media Seminar.

It was sad writing this because it meant the end for one of the best times of my college career, or any time for that matter. We packed so much into eight days that it's hard to remember it all. But for this post I'm going to stay on topic: Day 5 (May 28) at CBS.

We gathered outside of the apartment complex on W. 30th St.

Professors on the left and students at right, meeting outside of our NY apartment

   Destination - CBS studios, where John Filo works. His name might not sound familiar, but the iconic image he captured on May 4, 1970 is famous. Remember the photo of a screaming 14-year-old runaway hovering over the lifeless body of Kent State student Jeffrey Miller, who was shot and killed by the Army National Guard? Filo took that photo, and it earned him a Pulitzer Prize.

   Filo was a KSU photojournalism student at the time, but he’s not a photojournalist now. He stayed in the business for a while, but now he’s currently director of photography at CBS in New York, and he admitted to us that he is content shooting headshots and celebrities. 

John's CBS studio

   He said he doesn’t miss the hard news. I don’t blame him. Constant misery is difficult to witness year after year.

In this current economy, it’s easy to believe that the CBS still photo staff has been cut from 30 (10 photogs and 20 techs) to one. Yes, John is the only CBS still shooter in New York.

Me and John

   I asked him how he felt about the multimedia skills expected of photojournalists these days. He said he didn’t agree with photojournalists required to shoot both still and video on a shoot because doing both deludes the quality of the overall storytelling.

   Whether you agree or not, I don’t think today’s photojournalists have a choice. Learn and do both or get left behind. That’s why there are so many convergence conferences available these days, and why Kent State built a state-of-the art convergence studio.

I do find it ironic that Filo has that opinion, considering videographers are his coworkers. He is at CBS, after all.

   Spending the morning with John was a pleasure. He was kind, enthusiastic and welcoming.  Thanks, John.

                       John in his customary vest outside of his CBS studio

Free Sailor Kisses

This week in NYC was fleet week. There were lots of military running around, mostly laughing/happy to be here more than anywhere else, I presume. This pic of a sailor I took last night at Time's Square reinforces my assumption. 

I'm glad my uniform is collecting dust in the closet, so to speak. Sure, I miss those days, but those were different times. I retired in 2000, during the Desert Storm era. At that point, we lost very few to war. I left the military with a solid career and fond memories. Today's military aren't so happy-go-lucky; but they are certainly brave and more trained.
My thoughts go out to active service members on this Memorial Day. 

Former World Trade Center site in 2010

These gravestones at St. Paul's Chapel were once covered

 in dust and soot from the falling towers.

Construction to rebuild the World Trade Center

area can be seen in the background.

These are FYPD/FD patches collected 

and displayed inside the St. Paul's Chapel.

WTC construction and a WTC glass monument as seen from the Hudson River. 

I took this photo May 24, during a Circle Line cruise to the Statue of Liberty. 

These are photos I took yesterday at the former site of the World Trade Center towers, and St. Paul's Chapel, which is Manhattan's oldest public building in continuous use. It's right across the street from where the towers fell. 

Update (09/11/2014) : I was in New York for 10 days as part of a 3-credit Kent State University media class. I was earning my MA in Journalism Education. I graduated in 2012.

Having a good TIME!

(Lori King photos from top: 1. Exterior of TIME and LIFE. 2. TIME editorial  board meeting. 3. Archived famous iconic images and camera of LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.  4. Working closet of InStyle Magazine.)

If you like news, there's TIME. If you love sports, there's Sports Illustrated. Fashion? Read InStyle.  

These were the three TIME-LIFE Inc. magazines we toured   May 27, and they were good examples of the diversity of  journalism. 

  I really appreciate the effort put forth by professors Ann and Carl to offer a little something for everyone this week. They tried hard to try please a dozen students who not only range in age, but interests. The common denominator is our  mutual love for journalism and storytelling.

  The students here for the KSU media seminar are a mixed bag of majors. We are reporters, photographers and videographers. We are undergrads and grads. Some are treating cameras as extensions of themselves, and others hardly use one. Many of the students have yet to begin their first job, while a few of us are ready to share our extensive experience in the classroom, teaching our possible replacements.

  The highlight of this day was witnessing TIME’s editorial meeting, lead by executive editor Nancy Gibbs, the most published front cover reporter in the history of this 87-year-old national news magazine. In that one conference room were all of the TIME photo, web and news directors, and I couldn’t help but feel like a star-struck tourist.

  The big news of the day for all three magazines, as well as the AP and New York Times, is the conversion of their content to the iPAD. All of our guest speakers agreed that the iPAD is a game changer, and web designers were busy working on the apps so readers could play the game.

Gibbs described the age of electronic mobility this way: “TIME will have the same bloodline, but different metabolism.”

I've heard nothing but positive comments about the iPAD, despite the tremendous added workload on the staff. So, I think I know what I want for Christmas.

Now, please excuse me while I read my old-fashioned hard copy of TIME.

(In future blogs I will include more comments from various editors on the topics of electronic media, the power of advertising, the slow death of newspapers, etc.)

Photos from New York

The following photos are a mixture of New York scenes (suggested by Jolee) and media tour snapshots (required by Prof. Ann). They are taken with a Canon G11, a digital camera I highly suggest to any photog looking for a light-weight vacation option.

The American Museum of Natural History

Statue of Liberty

View of NY taken from the Empire State Building

Empire State Building as seen from 

a subway stairwell

TIME magazine editor's morning meeting we were 

privileged to witness.

A portion of Time Inc.'s archive

collection, including the May 4th Kent State photo spread (forefront)

shot by KSU alumn  John Filo, now director of CBS photo operations

(we visited Filo in his NYC studio today)

KSU journalism professor Ann Schierhorn rides the NYC subway.

Working in New York

The overall message from freelance film editor Genetta Adams was loud and clear: don't come to New York looking for work if you don't have journalism experience. She also admitted the cost of living is high, the job rate is low and the field is in a state of chaos.
On the other hand, Ohio native and KSU grad Shannon Lanier came to New York jobless, but after a chance meeting with a TV executive now works as a reporter and a producer for two separate New York media companies.
These mixed messages from two of our guest speakers today simply prove that no path leads to the same place. I think the young journalism students in our group understand that getting their first job will not be easy, but with a little luck and a lot of determination it can be done.
All 6 of our guest speakers at the KSU New York Studio were candid about the job possibilities here. I honestly don't think Adams' intention was to discourage the students, but rather encourage them to be engaged, actively participate in their community, post on other people's blogs and be imaginative. In other words, get noticed.
Other powerful suggestions included don't sit on ideas; build and keep personal ethical boundaries; make contacts and know your outlets; keep your ears to the ground and don't limit yourself; figure out how to brand yourself; and accept that you might not get to where you're going through ordinary channels.
I think one of the best pieces of advice was given by Lanier. He said no matter what industry you choose, get your writing skills down. Learn how to write! So, photographers and videographers, sharpen that writing pencil because you're going to need it.
At the end of the day, it was clear all of the New York-based entertainment speakers didn't arrive here the same way, but they all agreed on one thing: they wanted to be here.

9th Wonder of the World: The AP

(Lori King photos from top:  AP photo desk, the KSU group touring AP, and a cool photo of a woman holding a dress in the subway)

Today we toured the 9^th Wonder of the Journalism World.

On the 14^th floor at 450^th W. 33^rd St. in Manhattan is the Associated Press, the largest continuous newsroom in the world.

I was particularly excited to walk through the center of the newsroom because it’s this very organization that gave me my big break in the news business. After graduating from Kent State in 1991, I moved to Toledo and was the sole AP stringer for northwest Ohio for 4 years.

Back then I developed B&W film in my apartment bathroom and then transmitted photos using the AP Leafax 35, the first portable negative scanner and transmitter. I had to drive to Detroit if I wanted to transmit color images. What separated us from the average photographer was not only skill in shooting B&W film but more importantly the knowledge of how to use the Leafax. It was in the AP office, so I had to be specially trained by the AP correspondent.

Now, photographers use digital DSLRs that shoot both still and video. Within seconds our images travel around the world and readers look at them on their iPhones, iPads and Kindles.

Has the news changed? Sally Buzbee, deputy managing editor for AP’s Nerve Center, reassured us today that AP news values are still strong and in demand. She said consumers will always want news, but interactivity and visual storytelling will be more important in the future.

Actually, I think strong visual storytelling is important right now.

I can’t say this enough - education (particularly in ethics), experience and trust is what separates news organizations from the social media like bloggers, tweeters and photographers who just bought their new Canon D70 at Best Buy last week. 

No Photos Allowed...in the NYT

    Odd that a newspaper that supports 1st Amendment Rights and Sunshine Laws and gets their feet into the door of countless places around the world wouldn't let us take photos inside the building. So the only visible proof we were at the Times today is this exterior shot of our instructor and tour guide Carl walking into one of New York City's newest skyscrapers.
    As a photojournalist, I wanted to document the experience of standing in the same spot as NYT photogs Todd Heisler and Tyler Hicks. Of course, meeting them would have been awesome, but that would have been extremely lucky, considering how much they travel. There are about 26 full-time photographers and 40 photo editors. The Times heavily depends on freelancers, as well. 
    I was certainly thankful that KSU alumn and NYT VP and editor Nancy Lee invited us in and showed us the newsroom, which was a sunken treasurer of desks right in the middle of four newsroom floors. I leaned against the Plexiglas rail and peered down, thinking how cool it would be to work in such a quite, clean, open space. 
    Nancy had apologized because the space was simply a newsroom, nothing special. I beg to differ. It's the NEW YORK TIMES, for goodness sakes. Of course it's special!
    Another bonus - I held an iPAD today. It demonstrates the lightening speed of changing technology in the news delivery business. We all know the news has gone mobile. It's now simply a matter of choosing your device. Droid or iPhone? iPAD or Kindle? I prefer a good old-fashioned newspaper, myself - like the New York Times.
    Rob Samuels, NYT's director of mobile product development, did say a team of experts were working on pay per device models that would limit free web content. Consider that last year there were 3/4 of a billion web views. That's a lot of lost revenue. I'm curious to see who else climbs on board, considering the Times is an international leader in news.
    Today was a great introduction to the media scene in The Big Apple. There are 12 students, 2 instructors and one big giant city to explore. Tomorrow - the Associated Press.

Education is not cheap

I practically winced when I voted for the TPS levy yesterday.
For the past 13 years, my mortgage payment has steadily increased due to taxes, but the value of my home decreased because of the economy. That levy would have really taken a bit out of my already dwindling paycheck.
But how could I not vote for it? Like my friend Rose once said while playing the game of LIFE, "I got kids!"
Quinn has been accepted to the Toledo School for the Arts, so no TPS worries there.
But Jolee wants to change from her charter school to Glendale Feilbach. We're seriously considering it because of the bus service. Our kids have never ridden a school bus, and this would give Jolee a great opportunity to ride the bus with other neighborhood kids. That's a huge concern - our kids don't know the other kids in the neighborhood because they don't share a bus or a classroom. But because of the failed levy, bus service might not be available for kids living within a 2-mile radius. We live 1.2 miles away from the TP school.
Like it or not, the local school system needs to be supported by everyone in the community because Toledo kids are the future, and I can't imagine a future where Toledo kids don't have sports, arts, gym and bus service.

My hockey helmet

(Andy Morrison modeling the helmet the Blade photo staff made just for me...)

Oh, the blood, the embarrassment, the teasing...
I wish it was a hockey puck that nailed me in the head during the first Walleye playoff game against Charlotte last week. That's what many people thought when they heard I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance during the 2nd period of the game.
That would have been more glamorous. Much cooler than what really happened.
I was crawling under the bleachers to get to my photo gear (long story) when I came upon a steel bar I obviously didn't see! It wasn't the pain that the EMTs were concerned about. It was the blood. It's true that head wounds bleed A LOT.
Anyway, thanks to the Blade workers and Owens students/instructors who voiced their concern; to Margaret who taught my class for me; to Jeremy who came to St. V's to pick up my memory cards and transmitted my images for me.
A special thanks goes to the Blade photo staff who hand-made me this wonderful head protector. I'll cherish it always.

Journalism's future...

I met the future of journalism this weekend.
They are young, energetic...giggly, with a few jocks boasting their letter jackets sprinkled amongst the techies.
Kent State University hosted the Ohio Scholastic Media Assoc. state convention, where hundreds of high school journalism students attended dozens of workshops, and participated in shooting and writing contests. 
The students are being groomed to keep our profession alive, so it was wonderful to witness their enthusiasm in the workshops, taught by a mix of seasoned working media and college educators. I taught the photo ethics session, where I introduced them to the NPPA Code of Ethics and warned them of the dangers of Photoshop.
In Jon Wile's It's a Multimedia World session, he asked the students how they got their news. Very few read a newspaper. Most rely on Facebook and blogs to get their news. 
So, like it or not, the web is their future; they are the ones who will control what that future will be like in 10 years. These kids will be challenged with continuing changes in the multimedia world, like we were challenged with the beginning of it. At least they have the advantage of learning about multimedia in school. Remember when you were handed that first digital/video camera and told to go out and do your job?
Ah, the good old days... Okay, back to the future. 
The OSMA convention was a good training time had by all - the high school students, and their advisors and teachers, who also attended. High school media educators should not be overlooked because they are the ones tasked with the responsibility of preparing these budding journalists for college and beyond. 

Website designed by...me

I know, I know. My last post is getting old. It’s been a month since I last posted; so let me show you one of my class projects that’s been taking up nearly every spare moment I have…

I built a 5-page website from scratch!

That’s right. I started with a blank Dreamweaver page and built it one code at a time. Dreamweaver is a website design software, and I have to admit - the learning curve is very steep. But I have a great online instructor, so the guidance is thorough and necessary.

As most of you know, I’m a grad student at Kent State. I’m learning how to teach journalism students the trade. My classes include journalism ethics and law; how to teach Dreamweaver and Photoshop; and how to teach newspaper design using InDesign.

The accredited Journalism Educator program is taught completely online by instructors who not only teach us the stuff, but how to teach others the stuff. You come out of the Masters of Arts program being a well-rounded journalism instructor with a working knowledge of all of the current Adobe software that’s standard in the industry.

So, here’s my website that I designed in just 4 weeks: www.folioweb.org/kingl/index.html. 
(One word of warning: the website works best when using the Firefox browser. For some reason, the education page with the flash video won't work at all using the Internet Explorer or Safari...)

Be kind. It’s meant to show growing skills, so the content isn’t as important as the working parts - like the nav bar, the photo gallery and the flash video.

Stay tuned for more examples of homework and other thoughts from my tired brain.

Ban Don't Ask, Don't Tell

(This is the final award I received while in the Air National Guard. I served 8 years active Army, 10 years  Army National Guard, and 3 years Air National Guard. I retired in July 2000.)

I am a survivor. 

         Not from breast cancer. That would be more respected, even heroic.

No, I survived the ban.

 I debated about even admitting this for fear of some kind of negative repercussion. After so many decades of living in paranoia, you get used to secrecy and lying.

I have to admit that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban never really kept me in the closet, though. I’ve always been out - just lucky enough to not get caught.

I retired from the military 10 years ago, so I don’t have to worry anymore. But those still serving and sacrificing their lives for our freedom do.

I’m posting this blog for them.

The ban made headline news again last month when chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen proclaimed that service members should not be forced to "lie about who they are." (ban)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Barack Obama agree. After all, maybe they have finally realized it’s absurd that gays living in Massachusetts can legally marry but can’t serve openly in the military. How schizophrenic is that?

Speaking of schizo behavior: 

• I have co-custody of my two young daughters through the Toledo family court system, but I can't legally adopt them in Ohio. 
• I just switched from Nationwide to USAA auto insurance because USAA includes my partner in my plan. Nationwide doesn't. The ironic thing: USAA is an insurance company that covers military service members and veterans. I've been with Nationwide since I  was 18. I informed Nationwide why I switched.
• Dana, my partner of 20 years, and I can register our relationship with the City of Toledo, but there's probably no hope of celebrating our commitment via marriage in our lifetime, unless we move to the East or West Coast. Our anniversary is Feb. 17.
  

Yes, things are slowly improving. The bending-over-in-the-showers fear and the blackmail argument don’t cut it anymore. And don't get me started on the Karl Roves of the world.

The bottom line is this: the military ban will never prevent gays and lesbians from joining. It will never weed them out or get them to change their sexual preferences. Never have and never will.

Unfortunately, the ban will continue to destroy the futures of those unlucky enough to get caught simply being themselves. 

I’m not a gay rights activist anymore. I’ve been too busy building a journalism career and raising a family. But sometimes, well, you just have to take a stand.

I have many lesbian friends courageously serving in the Army right now, and I worry about them in more ways than one. I hope they survive the war, and I hope they survive the ban.

It’s time to end the ban on gays in the military. In fact, it’s way overdue.

 

 

 

 

 

Do photojournalists write?

Imagine this photo of Toledo Mayor Mike Bell without a caption. You wouldn't know what it's about; just a bald head against a white backboard.  He's actually pondering dozens of suggestions by local citizens to trim down the city's $43.8m deficit. (Blade Photo by Lori King)

During a recent Owens Photo Club meeting, a question was asked whether students have to write as part of the Intro to Photojournalism course curriculum.

Here’s my response: photo = photography & journalism = writing. Put the two together and you have a photographer who should at least write down the names of the people they photograph.

Writing is absolutely a part of a photojournalist’s career. After all, a photo never runs in the paper without a cutline or caption explaining what it’s about. The caption can be as long as an extended cut, like a mini-story, or as short as a name and title to label a head shot.

Either way, photojournalists must keep a pad and pen in their camera bags to document the 5Ws and the H for every photo we take, especially if subjects in the photos are easily identifiable.

It’s true that copy editors end up rewriting our captions much of the time. After all, they are the true word doctors in the newsroom. They’re armed with the AP style guide, dictionaries, spell checks, and experience. But we provide the basic facts; proper spelling of names and hometowns, and a short version of what’s happening in the photo.

It’s also true photographers at the Blade and at most other medium to large news organizations do not write stories. But photographers at smaller papers and the military do.

In fact, that’s how I started out. I was an award-winning Army journalist (journalist of the year 3 times) who took photos for my own stories. So I’m one of the few who can do both. I couldn’t image my life without writing, which is why I created this blog!

Anyway, Owens students taking the Intro to Photojournalism Course should have no fear: it’s not a course that involves a lot of writing, just getting their facts right.

 

A life, restored

A recent story on Perrysburg wrestler Nick Hyndman is a story worth reading. Nobody writes a human interest story like Blade columnist Dave Hackenberg. 

It was an honor to photographically portray this wrestler's sheer physical and mental ability on the mat.  Like the headline reads, cerebral palsy is no match for Nick. 

To read Hack's story and see my photo slideshow of Nick at practice, click on this link: Hack

Packed for success

This is one of those photos that say a thousand words.

I laughed when I saw Tyler walk into class packed as if he was going on vacation. He’s a student in my Digital PHO 1 class. I must say; he’s prepared for everything Owens has to offer! He even bought a Canon 70-200mm / f2.8 lens for the class. Now that’s what I call enthusiastic.

Tyler is among more than 200 students registered for photo classes this spring. There are now 5 digital photo 1 classes, up from the normal 2, and they’re all full at 16 students per class.

Newspapers might be smoldering (not yet dying), but the love of photography is alive and well in the student population of Northwest Ohio. Owens also offers black and white, color, studio lighting, large format and the history and theory of photography, just to name a few.

The Owens Photo Club is thriving, as well. You can keep up their many activities planned this semester on Facebook and on the web at www.owensphotoclub.org.

 

Ethics Education Needed

Ethics Lesson #2: Know thy rules, or else ye shall be judged!

A local photographer who recently made national news hopefully learned this hard lesson.

I don’t normally drop a name when it’s negative, but in this case I don’t have to protect the offender because by now every sports shooter in the country knows who Andrew is.

Freelance sports shooter Andrew Weber probably became an instant celebrity amongst his friends and family when they witnessed him on ESPN during his attempt to capture the image of the Gatorade pour over OSU coach Jim Tressel’s head at the end of the Rose Bowl.

But that act of aggressiveness put him in very hot water with his peers.

According to Mark Terrill, a photographer who witnessed the incident and vented on sportshooter.com, Weber ignored an agreed-upon rule to not set foot onto the field until the end of the game. Weber and two other photogs didn’t adhere to this rule and rushed onto the sidelines to capture the Gatorade pour.

Needless to say, Andrew, wielding his wide-angle lens, became an infamous shot blocker to many angry rule-abiding photographers.

There is something to be said about education. Young Weber might have shot lots of images in his budding career, but what he really needs is a journalism ethics college course. His exposure in Sports Illustrated will not get him very far if he continues to build his reputation for being selfish, arrogant and ethically challenged.

Hopefully it's not too late for him, but he sets a great example of what NOT to do for others. I am sad to admit that between Alan Detrich and Andrew Weber, I have plenty of local material for the ethics portion of my photography classes at Owens Community College.  

What would he learn in a journalism ethics college course? NPPA's Ethical Code, copyright laws and photographer's rights. Students are also exposed to real examples of ethical lapses, as well as ethical courage. After all, isn't that how we learn; from our own mistakes, as well as those made by others?

For a very insightful and interesting conversation on ethical behavior in the sports world, visit the sportshooter.com discussion threat on this incident.