Photographs are what make a newspaper sell most of the time.
People are anxious to read the newspaper when a horrifying photo is on the front page.
It tells the story most of the time. When people go by the newstand, they see the photo and it draws the attention to buy the newspaper. Journalists when publishing the newspaper should consider the affects of the photo to the public eye. The photograph should represent what is happening in an accurate manner. Sometimes a journalist can make too much of the story just from one photograph.