Histamatic Photo App vs. Photojournalism

In the story a reporter took photos with his iPhone with an editing program set for unbalanced colors and more random saturation rather than with a professional camera or an unedited phone camera. The argument against this was that the pictures, being photojournalism, were unethical. The photographer had a short reply in one of the sites in which he argued there has always been an aesthetics area to photojournalism (he referenced this photo http://www.poyi.org/68/13/index.php)and that shots with a "professional" camera are equally open to subjective photography. I think his argument was correct in that the controversial effect he reached with his phone was essentially that same thing as Photoshop editing/a picture with the plastic toy cameras the App was meant to mimic. I don't really see foul play here - if you can adjust shutter-speed, color/saturation, and light intake with accepted cameras, and these photographs are readily allowed into competitions, why not do the same with a camera-phone?

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2. The writer had periodic jolt-endings incorporated in his writing; he also focused more on physical actions than verbal: he wrote about what was happening in the locker-room.

3. He quoted roughly eight people, all for short snips: he was creating an atmosphere rather than defining the story through quotes.

4. The Bobcats lost by a short amount in overtime, which helped to accentuate the story. It was surprising to have a story about a close loss rather than a close victory.

5. Were you in "The moment"? If so, how did the writer help you get there/
Yes I was, he helped by having short stints of quotes and many descriptions of the actions going on.

6. I would guess he talked to the coach/team manager, and was allowed in on the agreement that he wouldn't interfere too much (which worked out well for the story) with the player's routines.

7. What were the perquisites of access to the locker room?
How were travel expenses covered?
How many interviews did you give before coming to this version of the story?
What motivated you to write the story this way?