Decisions involving the use of photographs are among the most difficult that editors face.
Future articles will explore similar issues from different perspectives. Suddenly, all the theories about taste and responsibility were washed away by the power and intensity of a single photograph. Late in an early summer afternoon, four editors were standing in the newsroom of The Sacramento Union , staring at a black and white print showing the limp body of 7-year old Lamphone Keovoravoth. These are no longer easy questions in today's competitive marketplace. Editors know that a dramatic local story can bring a barrage of telephone calls the next day, readers angry at the impersonal and exploitative press.