The Town of Wilkesboro Upgrades Sewer and Water Lines

Corner of Corp Street and Cherry Street Wilkesboro, beside Tyson foods inc. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012

Close up view of Cherry Street and people working. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012

Informative sign about Wilkesboro's Water Project. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012

Wilkesboro NC,  has undergone a water and sewer improvement system project. This project was financed by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The project was approved by the United States President Barack Obama and Tom Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture. The project was started on Cherry Street in downtown Wilkesboro and has worked its way to the corner of Corp Street next to the local chicken supplier Tyson Foods, Inc. The the two street merge and cross U.S. Highway 421. The project began about Three months ago and is expected to last into the beginning to middle of 2013. This is a general news report.

Ethics

Photo by Los Angeles times. Soldier in Basra, Los Angeles Times, March 2003. Ethics.
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In this photo it was cropped in a way that it removed one of the individuals who shows to be middle eastern. It is not ethical to change a photos content to convey a softer message. Retouching is correcting color cast and making minor adjustments. Cropping should not be used to cut out an individual based on changing the story you would like to convey. It is not ethical to change someone's body or to change the message of the photo. It is unethical to add things imagery or subtract it. Also it is unethical to adjust the photo contrast or colors to make a photo more or lest dramatic. Certain things cross the line.

Spot and General News

Photo By Wilkes Journal Patriot from article titled 1 killed, 8 hurt in wreck on N.C. 18 in Alleghany; pesticides spilled. November 2012. Spot News.
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This accident occurred Sunday, November 11th. The story was posted Tuesday, November 13th. This is an example of spot new. Spot new is news that that is unexpected. It just occurs naturally and someone is there to capture it as it happens or chases it down. I chose this photo because it occurred close to my community and members of my community helped assist with the clean up, so it is relevant to my community. This is a story of a wreck where one individual was killed and 8 were injured; also the hazard team was called in to contain the spill of chemicals.

Photo by Chicago Sun Times. A Cleveland Municipal Court judge ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to serve one hour on Tuesday and on Wednesday holding an idiot sign. General News. November 2012
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Shena Hardin a Ohio resident was ordered to hold a sign stating; "only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus," after repeatedly driving on the sidewalk to avoid a bus.

I chose this photo because it is so literal and amazing, it really made me feel justice was served. This photo is a representation of general news. General news is news is almost any news that is relevant enough to be considered news but not the main story. The main difference between spot news and general news is spot news is unexpected and on the spot, where as general news is news that happens and is reported on but not on the spot.

Environmental Portraits

Pictured is Leann Gilbert of Bojangles Millers Creek North Carolina. She is waiting for a customer to begin ordering so she can pack the order. Photo by Eric Wyatt, November 2012. Candid photo.

Pictured Leanne Gilbert of Bojangles in Millers Creek North Carolina. She posed for a shot at the packing station lit from the left at a 2/1 ratio. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012. Posed photo.