In the interest of providing photographs that are truthful, honest and objective and in an attempt to document society as a matter of historical record, The Wenatchee World maintains that the guiding principle of its photo coverage is accuracy. As journalists, we believe that credibility is our greatest asset and needs to be closely guarded.

Our goal is to photograph live, spontaneous events, whether spot news, general news, sports, or features. Only feature portraits and illustrations may be posed by the photographer and never in such a way as to mislead the reader into thinking the photo is a candid, unposed photograph. Illustration photographs will have "Photo Illustration" in the credit line.

Any computer correction of a photograph not used in an illustration may include only those techniques commonly accepted in traditional chemical darkrooms including dodging or burning in selected areas of a photo without changing its content, and correction of technical defects such as scratches, dust marks and color shifts caused by mixed lighting sources.