In Haiti, reporters who double as doctors face a new balancing act

Quoted: “I understand that [offering medical assistance] makes for dramatic scenes, and it does bring a human face to the whole story, but this has to be treated very carefully,” said Stephen J.A. Ward, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsinâ??s journalism school. Ward says such “emotion-based” reporting has its place, but it can become manipulative and obscure the larger picture.