Thirty eight news organizations signed a letter to White House press secretary Jay Carney protesting a strict policy that greatly limits news photographers’ access to President Obama. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, …
Journalism Educators Call for CBS News to Correct their Correction of the 60 Minutes Benghazi Story
Amidst the corrections, critiques and internal investigations, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) called upon CBS News to rethink the way the network is handling key aspects of the correction. AEJMC …
First Do No Harm: Physician-Journalists and ethical reporting
It is increasingly common for news organizations to employ physicians as journalist who report on health and medical issues. Gary Schwitzer wonders who is responsible for training these physician-journalists in media ethics. Schwitzer is the …
Would Welles War of the Worlds radio program play in the age of Social Media?
When the Columbia Broadcasting System broadcast The Mercury Radio Theater’s version of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds,” Orson Welles managed to convince a portion of his audience that Martians were attacking Earth. Media reports …
Wisconsin legislators’ budget maneuver also strikes against Ethics Center’s core mission
On June 5, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee added a provision to the proposed state budget that would require the independent, non-profit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to leave its home in the School …
Leaking classified information: No simple answers for journalists
Disclosure of massive surveillance program puts press freedom at odds with government wishes — again
Ethical uncertainty in the new media landscape
Bloomberg journalists’ access to customer data on remote terminals: A new quandary.
The search for sensitive coverage of the tragedy of suicide: An Australian story
One of the toughest situations a journalist can face is reporting on tragic events, especially the delicate matter of suicide. In this article, professor and longtime Australian journalist Leo Bowman tells the story of one newspaper’s unique campaign to start an open conversation about the complex issue of mental health.
Thanks to all for another excellent conference!
Thanks to all for another excellent conference!
Journalism Conference Marks New Era
For the Center for Journalism Ethics (CJE), the fifth annual ethics conference on April 5– is it the fifth already? — marks the end of its formative years. It is the last conference for me. …