The way news is collected and transmitted is undergoing fundamental change in an era of social media where the values of immediacy and speed dominate. Basen argues that a turning point has been reached. Newsgathering …
Turning dreams to shame: Susan Boyle’s Les Miz
But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder As they tear your hope apart And they turn your dream to shame. – I Dreamed a Dream, Les Miserables The media have described …
Let the Public Help Guide Journalism Ethics
For too long, journalists have indulged in cant about how their standards meet the expectations of the public, and how they seek public input on ethical issues.
Even textbooks make the public an important player. The sub-title of the popular The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel is: What Newspeople Should Know and The Public Should Expect
Divisions impact coverage of mining project
Salcito argues that national divisions are causing Malawian journalists to under-represent locals in their coverage of a major mining project in the less developed north. Last month production began in Malawi’s first ever foreign-developed mining …
A New Journalist’s Creed
At a recent conference on the future of ethical journalism, several journalists argued that the current media revolution does not entail a revolution in ethics.
Reflections of a Legacy Journalist
Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri, offers her candid thoughts — and worries — as she attended The Future of Ethical Journalism. It is almost impossible to attend a gathering of journalists — either of the …
Ethics Essential to Democratic Journalism
The future of journalism must include ethics, or journalism won’t serve democracy. That was a recurring theme among journalists, media scholars, and ethicists at “The Future of Ethical Journalism,” the first annual ethics conference of …
Venezuela’s Socialist Revolution: At the Expense of a Free & Independent Press?
Shakuntala Rao is Professor of Communication at State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA. She was a visiting lecturer at Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas and at La Universidad del Zulia in Maracaibo in …
The “Torturous” Struggle to State a Fact
Critics have long accused objective reporters of hiding behind facts to avoid taking a stand on crucial issues.
How little these people know about the courage it takes for journalists to be objective. How little they know about what it takes to stand behind a commitment to telling the truth, and to stating a fact as a fact.
Is It Time to Close Journalism Schools?
Should we close journalism schools?