Photo or video networks. Social-networking platforms such as Flickr and YouTube are popular and fun. And they can provide timely content for your news site. But you need to consider lots of issues: You can link to content anywhere on the Internet, but if you want to embed photos or videos on your site, be sure to request and receive permission first. Keep in mind also that you don’t know the context of the photos or videos you find on sharing sites. Consider whether something might have been staged or re-created in a way that would not be acceptable for your staff. Might someone have altered digital content in a way that would be unethical for a photojournalist? How can you know whether the people sharing the photos or videos follow your standards for identifying people pictured or for verification of facts? How can you know whether the people sharing the photos or videos have any conflicts of interests that raise questions about the legitimacy of the images they present? How do you know (and does it matter?) that the people sharing photos or videos are identifying themselves accurately?