Last year was one of challenging questions for media in the airing of graphic video: from Fox News’ decision to air a brutal video of a pilot being burned alive by ISIS to a 60 Minutes …
Ethics in the News – Dec. 15
News media are raising questions about the mystery owners of one of their own. A division of Gatehouse Media sold the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week to News + Media Capital Group. The owners of …
Ethics in the news – Dec. 8
The group representing black journalists is in serious financial trouble, according to a Huffington Post story Monday. The National Association of Black Journalists is in such dire straights, it is considering using a Ford Foundation …
A Different Lens on Race, Media and Ethics
I never thought I would write this: I was troubled by something, and Donald Trump helped me figure it out. Coming off the recent confrontation between protesters and journalists at the University of Missouri, I …
Activist challenges the newsworthiness of violent police videos
Despite social action spurred by released videos, one activist doesn’t think that footage of violent confrontations between police and citizens is the answer to changing popular culture. Matthew Braunginn, co-founder of the Young Gifted and …
Saving the date: April 29
Have you put it on the calendar yet? The annual conference will be April 29, 2016. This year, the conference topic is race, ethnicity and journalism ethics. The easiest way to learn about important updates, …
Ethics in the News – Dec. 1
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will suspend online comments on stories about indigenous peoples until at least January after a spur of hate comments on related content, the CBC’s acting director of digital news announced Monday. …
Ethics in the news – Nov. 24
CNN journalist in a Nov. 19 tweet reported the passage of a House bill on immigration that could limit the number of Syrians the U.S. accepts. Then, she tacked on a sentence: Later that …
Reporting on health: science journalism needs veracity
It was not the best day for meat lovers. Front-page headlines Oct. 26 by every news outlet that day contained two words: meat and cancer. Scientific evidences show that processed meats, like sausages and bacon, …
The Art of Covering Donald Trump: Ten Strategies for Journalists
He has been called a “sham.” His campaign was initially dismissed as a “charade.” The Huffington Post relegated him to the entertainment page. And while elections experts maintain that he still is not the most …