A statement from Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger, published today on Reuters Blogs, describes the steps the wire service has taken in the aftermath of its distribution of two digitally-altered photographs from the fighting in Lebanon in August 2006. These steps include "tightened procedures" and the dismissal of the supervisor of Reuters' Middle East photo operations.

 

Related blog entries by Schlesinger include A brief guide to Reuters values and standards and Reuters' current guidelines for The use of Photoshop.