在新闻传播过程中,选择合适的照片来配合文字报道,起关键作用的通常是图片编辑。报纸图片编辑对照片的选择,要比文字编辑对文字的修改更加重要。读者对文字报道中描写的事件往往会产生目睹形象的欲望。尽管许多研究已经证明照片具有增加读者的力量,增强传播效果的力量和影响读者认识的力量。但是在报纸编辑往往还没有受到应有的重视,如对照片的剪裁、复制质量或新闻价值,不是象对文字稿那样进行认真的研究。每当版面受到限制时,照片通常首先被删去,而当版面有余时,又是首先扩编文字稿而不是扩编照片。这种对新闻摄影缺乏认识的偏见应该得到纠正。研究人员调查了美国中西部的《电讯先驱报》、《每日缩影》等四家报纸的读者,发现《电讯先 In the news dissemination process, select the appropriate photo to match the text report, the key role is usually picture editing. Newspaper photo editing choice of photos than the text editor of the text changes is more important. Readers of the story described in the text often have the desire to see the image. Although many studies have shown that photographs have the power to increase readership, increase the power of communication and influence readership. But newspaper editors often fail to receive the attention they deserve, such as the tailoring of photos, the quality of reproduction, or the value of news, rather than earnestly studying them as they would if they were written. Whenever a layout is limited, photos are usually first deleted, and when there is more than one layout, texts are expanded rather than expanded. This lack of awareness of news photography should be corrected. Researchers surveyed readers of four newspapers, the Telecommunications Herald and Daily Minute, in the Midwestern United States and found that "telecommunications first