General Photography aims to capture pictures of any sort for any reasons. Anyone can simply take a picture.
Photojournalism on the other hand, capture pictures in order to tell a story.
According to Mark M. Hancock, a professional photojournalist, "A photojournalist is a visual reporter of facts. The public places trust in its reporters to tell the truth. The same trust is extended to photojournalists as visual reporters.This responsibility is paramount to a photojournalist. At all times, we have many thousands of people seeing through our eyes and expecting to see the truth. Most people immediately understand an image."
[Bernie Boston, Noted Photojournalist]
Photojournalism is not a form of manipulation or alterations. There is a code of ethics that prevents this. Unlike other photographs, photojournalism is suppose to present a sense of truth.
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