Staging

The thing that resonated most with me after reading "Staged, Staging, Stages" was the incident Wertheimer described about the TV crew coming and asking the player to recreate his reaction to getting drafted.  Although there are many troubling ethical aspects to this act, I think that the worst part of this is the reputation that it labels journalists with.  I hate to think that a few irresponsible journalists can ruin the perception of all of us.  In movies and television, there seems to be a negative sentiment expressed towards journalists.  We are portrayed as sleazy, and that we don't care about our subjects, we only care about the story.  If this public portrayal is to be reversed, each journalist must be educated in ethics and take it seriously.  Staging shots is one of the most common ethical breaches.  It is  important for each reporter or photographer to not take the easy way out and compromise their ethics.