Video Staging

Wertheimer makes some excellent points. We as journalists really have to watch out for video staging because sometimes we don't even know that we are doing it. Video staging misleads the reader and a journalist's job is to report the truth and tell the readers about it. It would be a violation to stage a story and misleading to the reader.

And just as Wertheimer mentions, that one video staging exposed is a burden for all journalists. Now a majority of the public do not trust journalists in terms of staging and bias. We need to follow Wertheimer's example and be invisible as a journalist to report the news and get the truth. This is better said then done since a journalist's appearance can alter the situation. But Wertheimer offers suggests such as using wireless mics and leaving the subject alone and then catch them in their environment.

It is important that we stick to truthful, non-altered stories so journalists can report accurately and so the public doesn't think that we are misleading them. In an ideal world, we would want the public to trust us fully in terms of accuracy and the truth. But we have a long way to go to make it happen especially with media adapting to new technology.