Understand where ethical photojournalism ends and image manipulation begins. Explore acceptable edits such as cropping, exposure, white balance, sharpening and dust removal, and why adding, removing or moving scene elements is forbidden. This guide compares newsroom standards and explains captions, IPTC metadata, RAW preservation, AI disclosure and a credible news workflow. https://clippingexpertasia.com/blog/photojournalism-editing/