by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2012
BYU Prof Calls for Journalism Students to have a ‘Moral Compass’
Brigham Young University journalism professor Joel Campbell called for journalism students to "have kind of a moral compass in what...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2012
Media Ethics Lecture at Texas’s Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University, located in Dallas, Texas, is having a media ethics lecture later this month, according to the university's Oct....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2012
NYT Public Editor Calls out Freelancer Andrew Goldman for ‘Hideous Misjudgment’ on Twitter
New York Times freelancer Andrew Goldman apologized to author Jennifer Weiner after commenting on Twitter to her that "Little Freud...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2012
NYT Adds Editors’ Note to College Drinking Article, 6 Fake Names included in Report
The New York Times quoted or pictured six fake names in a Sept. 27 story, "Last Call for College Bars." ...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2012
AP Adds ‘Caption Addition’ to Picture of Mitt Romney, ‘Fell Short of Our Own Standards’
The Associated Press made a "caption addition" that "clarifies" that a girl pictured in the background of an Oct. 8...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2012
South Carolina, Georgia Newspapers Discuss Journalism Ethics at Forum
Editors from the Hilton Head Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette, the Gullah Sentinel and the Savannah Morning News discussed journalism ethics in...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2012
Photog Gerald Herbert Helped Victim before Photographing, Says he was a ‘Person First and a Journalist Second’
In a post for the News Guild, Janelle Hartman recounted how Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert decided to hold off...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2012
Forum Asks:’How do you manage the ethical minefields of ‘access journalism’
The forum Journalism Accelerator is hosting an interesting question for discussion: "How do you manage the ethical minefields of 'access...
by David W. Moore on Oct 09, 2012
Debate Bumps and Polling Fluctuations in October
Mitt Romney was a news organization’s dream last week, when he resuscitated a moribund campaign with what many feel was...
by Sam Eifling on Oct 08, 2012
Broke New World: ‘Changing Journalism’ Makes Clear Real Journalism is in Peril
The journalists described in “Changing Journalism” (Routledge), the readable and summarily dour analysis by a trio of UK media researchers,...