The ethical decisions around coverage of the Singleton bus crash can be difficult and nuanced

When I first saw the photos of people who died in the Singleton bus crash, I felt the weight of horror that engulfed the news. In those images, I saw youth, happiness, community and love. They helped me absorb the enormity of the event so much deeper than the fact that “10 people died”.

But when I heard that some of those photographs were downloaded, without permission, from the victims’ social media pages, a new feeling emerged: dejection.

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