Bill Keller on Arresting Front Page Photo: 'A no-brainer'

The above is a picture by The New York Times’ Tyler Hicks, which accompanies an article by Jeffrey Gettleman that details the absolutely terrible – almost surreal – situation in Somalia, where insurgents are denying children and others access to food and water, leading to mass starvation.

Bill Keller tells The Huffington Post that the decision to run such a graphic photograph above the fold was “kind of a no-brainer,” after staffers considered many of Hicks’ submissions.