Different cameras, different views

Kenny Irby, senior faculty of Poynter's visual journalism and diversity programs, challenged the Sports Journalism Institute to reconsider the idea of truth. In a talk he gave to the students Tuesday afternoon, he asked them to take out their cameras and snap a picture of him. Who had the one that represented the truth? We all did. So what did that say about truth? When we are reporting, it's vital to consider how many perspectives, eyes, views and accounts there may be. We all have differences, so we will produce different reports and accounts--but that isn't to say that one is necessarily better or more correct than the other. "Different" does not necessarily carry a value judgment.