Have you ever wondered...

[shortstax]

Warning - this is totally random

Have you ever wondered which picture the media would choose to display if you ever went missing, was killed, contracted ebola, etc?  I don't know why, but I always think about this when I see the pics they choose.

ie - 1st ebola nurse with the aviators and the dog and 2nd ebola nurse with the pink silk shirt who's pic looks like it was taken out of the yearbook.

[decemberwedding07]

I would assume they used whatever they could get off of Facebook.

[FloFTW]

I always wonder this. I feel like I should put this in my will.

[Deleted]

Attachment Deleted
This one for sure

[shortstax]

I mean, when I google Amber Vinson, this pic comes up from one news story:




That pic is way more recent than the yearbook pic from 2005:



WHY MEDIA WHY?!?!?

[Deleted]

Possibly this one



Attachment Deleted

[shortstax]

Oct 16, 2014 15:04:27 GMT -5 FloFTW said:

I always wonder this. I feel like I should put this in my will.

Seriously, should I tell DH, "Should a crisis arise, please make sure that the media uses my LinkedIn profile pic. I look polished and pleasant."

[shortstax]

Oct 16, 2014 15:12:59 GMT -5 @fucksticklegit said:

Possibly this one

legit LOL. hahaha

[fiveoclock]

Lurker chiming in. I have one picture of me that I really liked, and as soon as I saw it I turned immediately to my wife and said, "Should I ever go missing or die tragically, please make sure they use this picture. " I'm glad to know I'm not fucking nuts for thinking this way, alone.

[katfco]

Often, they will use a photo provided by the family.

[shortstax]

Oct 18, 2014 7:53:35 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

We use the photo we can get permission to use. We can't just snatch a pic from social media. Most the of the time AP does the legwork in getting permission, posts to their database and people pay AP for the pic.

So, tell you family to reach out to the news media with the pic you want them to use and make sure they have the PHOTOGRAPHER's permission to share the photo. It's not enough for you to give me a pic and say, "use this one," we have to have the photographer's permission.

Interesting. So how does it work when a minor goes missing and they're clearly showing a selfie?  I guess since it's a minor the parents could give permission?

This makes sense if friends/family weren't willing to release a photo right away, why a yearbook photo would be used.

[katfco]

Oct 18, 2014 8:07:57 GMT -5 shortstax said:

Oct 18, 2014 7:53:35 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

We use the photo we can get permission to use. We can't just snatch a pic from social media. Most the of the time AP does the legwork in getting permission, posts to their database and people pay AP for the pic.

So, tell you family to reach out to the news media with the pic you want them to use and make sure they have the PHOTOGRAPHER's permission to share the photo. It's not enough for you to give me a pic and say, "use this one," we have to have the photographer's permission.

Interesting. So how does it work when a minor goes missing and they're clearly showing a selfie?  I guess since it's a minor the parents could give permission?

This makes sense if friends/family weren't willing to release a photo right away, why a yearbook photo would be used.

Dh said yes, technically, you would have to have permission from the photographer, even in a selfie situation, but with parents providing a photo for a missing child, "it's unlikely anyone would dig too deep to question that." The goal is to get a picture of the child out ASAP. 

A yearbook photo is still copyrighted, so they would have to get permission from, and possibly pay royalties to the photographer. 

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I wonder this all the time! And I see pictures of other people sometimes and think "that would be their missing person photo." Guess I better tell DH to use one from my skinny phase.

[soxin2]

I know this was also a "thing" with the Rolling Stone cover used for that guy who did the thing (I don't want google hits to come here as the case is ongoing)

The pic RS used was one that the local media used constantly.