10.16.2009 5:53 pm

Military revises policy on photos of casualties in Afghan war

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We owe thanks to Sid Hastings, a former photo editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for alerting us to another change in the military’s policy on photos of slain personnel in eastern Afghanistan. Hastings pointed out the update in a comment…

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10.15.2009 11:29 am

Military bans photos of slain troops in part of Afghanistan

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The U.S. military has banned journalists embedded with troops in eastern Afghanistan from photographing military personnel killed in combat.

Daryl Lang writes on the Photo District News web site — pdnonline.com:

“Media will not be allowed to photograph or record video of U.S.…

Tags: Afghan war, Afghanistan, AP photographer Julie Jacobson, Bagram Air Field, Daryl Lang, embedded journalists, embedded photographers, Julie Jacobson, Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, pdnonline.com, Photo Digest News, Regional Command East, Secretary of State Robert Gates, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Military revises policy on photos of casualties in Afghan war

Military bans photos of slain troops in part of Afghanistan

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