Comments on: Interview with Marco Vernaschi Retracted

By: al.lupo

al.lupo — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:21:18 +0000

Anne, very well written piece of journalism. i agree with you on so many points. keep up the good work.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:05:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing that info, Jorn. After seeing the pix of the World Press Photo, and myself after worked in Guinea Bissau, I really believe the execution picture was staged… Marco, you are talented enough, be patient and professional and don’t try to be too quick… cheating is not the way…

By: Jørn Stjerneklar

Jørn Stjerneklar — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:16:50 +0000

Please read our latest blog about the ethics in general news stories. It raises some interesting questions regarding Marco Vernaschi´s winning pictures in WPP from Guinea-Bissau. See: http://www.maydaypress.com/blog/page9_files/024fe1f5a1638b898aee32fcbb1aa95d-1.html

By: Marco Vernaschi

Marco Vernaschi — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:14:00 +0000

Please see my statement on Untold Stories regarding this matter, which includes a new statement from the Pulitzer Center and links to video interviews with the mother of Margaret Babirye Nankya and Richard Omongole, a Ugandan lawyer and former country director for Amnesty International.

http://untoldstories.pulitzercenter.org/2010/04/uganda-response-to-critics.html

Interviews:

http://untoldstories.pulitzercenter.org/2010/04/uganda-a-lawyers-brief-a-mothers-grief.html

By: Kim Haughton

Kim Haughton — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:50:14 +0000

hey Anne, as said by Benjamin above, well done on writing such an honest and heartfelt account of this whole debacle and you should be commended for taking all the time you did to investigate it further.. and for finding the truth..
talk soon
Kim x

By: allan booth

allan booth — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:23:27 +0000

hello Anne.
Just a quick thank you for your article.Informative to say the least well done.
i concur with M A bordas.

By: Hey Buddy, Hold That Execution While My Memord Card Reformats Or How Far Do You Have To Go To A Story « The Spinning Head

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:51:24 +0000

[...] been concocted and paid for. Anne Holmes retracted an interview with the said Mr. Vernaschi and has posted a detailed account of the outcomes of her asking some further questions about Mr. Vernaschi’s story on the killing and exhumation of the child. As we speak, it seems [...]

By: Marie Ange Bordas

Marie Ange Bordas — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:22:04 +0000

Hello Anne,

tks for taking the time to write this and Bravo for your reaction.
the Pulitzer letter really disturbed me. I wonder which photojournalist would ask an Italian family to exhume a body for a pic… the discussion here is broader than “the ethics of journalists”… it takes us once again to how western media still perceive and treat “Third world” subjects.
regards,
Marie

By: Armando Ribeiro

Armando Ribeiro — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:36:31 +0000

As I said in a previous forum, Marco Vernaschis abilities as a photographer are not being question but is credibility as a journalist takes a huge blow with this story.
It is very difficult to not get carried away when we are to deep covering an issue such is this, that clearly deserves to be reported, but one must keep his/her humanity above it all…

Thanks for the clear, precise and impartial description of the events connected with this story.

Many cheers,

Armando

By: Benjamin Chesterton

Benjamin Chesterton — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:17:05 +0000

Dear Anne,

there is no need to apologise. Sadly, this is brilliant piece of investigative journalism. I’m speechless … no wonder you were in shock.

How the Pulitzer can back this project now I have no idea.

You wrote a brave and heartfelt piece.

Thank you for having the integrity that others have lacked.