[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The most difficult task that journalists and journalism educators face in the days ahead may be to recognize their own biases about guns and challenge their notions with facts. In the days ahead, politicians …
New drone journalism ethics policy emerges from Poynter workshops
This year, Poynter organized four workshops that trained more than 325 journalists and journalism educators how to safely and ethically fly drones. Almost a third of our graduates have passed the Federal Aviation Administration Part …
What you need to know about drones in j-schools
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Five years ago when I began researching the ethical implications of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in journalism, a trusted mentor told me it might not be the best choice for a research agenda. After all, …
Weekly press must help extricate readers from ‘silos of ideology’
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This column appeared April newsletter of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors. If you haven’t read Melissa Hale-Spencer’s article in the spring issue of Grassroots Editor, take a look at it, especially the last …
Recap: Truth, Trust and the Future of Journalism
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Truth, Trust and the Future of Journalism brought together more than 200 journalists, scholars, advocates and community members to discuss how we have gotten to historically low levels of trust in news media and how we …
Engagement and Serving the Republic
In a time of Trump, how should journalists serve the public? Should they join the protests? Become a partisan, opposition press? Or stick to neutrally reporting the facts? In this three-part series, media ethicist Stephen …
Engagement and Pragmatic Objectivity
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a time of Trump, how should journalists serve the public? Should they join the protests? Become a partisan, opposition press? Or stick to neutrally reporting the facts? In this three-part series, media ethicist Stephen …
How to Practice Democratically Engaged Journalism
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a time of Trump, how should journalists serve the public? Should they join the protests? Become a partisan, opposition press? Or stick to neutrally reporting the facts? In this three-part series, media ethicist Stephen …
The Role of Today’s Journalists: Q&A with Al Tompkins
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Al Tompkins is a senior faculty member at the Poynter Institute and author of “Aim for the Heart: A Guide for TV Producers and Reporters.” We talked to Tompkins about the role of journalists in today’s non-stop, fast-paced media …
Roundtable: Truth, Trump and journalism
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We asked several media experts to weigh in on some of the ethical dilemmas facing journalists as they report on the Trump administration. From dealing with dishonest sources to using the term “lie” to describe falsehoods, …