Once upon a time, running a newspaper was a fairly simple proposition.
I’m not talking about those golden days before the Web destroyed newspapers’ carefully crafted business model, although in retrospect, those decades of double-digit profit margins and a near monopoly of news in local markets do seem pretty sweet.
Year: 2012
Reporters criticized for interviewing children after school tragedy
Stephen Ward: Breaking news no excuse for abandoning the ethical principle of minimizing harm
Friday, April 5 – save the date for our 2013 conference!
The center will hold its 5th annual journalism ethics conference on Friday, April 5, 2013 on the UW-Madison campus. This year we’ll take an in-depth look at “Who is Shaping the News?” Our keynote speaker will …
Of Vultures and Watchdogs
Nelson Mandela is a national treasure for South Africans. Our government recently issued new banknotes with Mandela’s face on it, a daily reminder of the social, cultural and political capital that the country’s first democratic president created. Mandela is also globally admired. So it’s understandable
“Royal prank” raises free speech debate
After UK nurse’s suicide, questions about radio DJs’ speech rights, social media role
How Leveson might promote journalism ethics
The Leveson recommendations for regulating the British press is a clever, informed attempt to nudge – push? – newspapers into the modern world where major institutions need to account for their power, and abuse of …
In wake a Leveson inquiry, a call for better training
Guardian readers’ editor: young journalists need more grounding in practical ethics
Bashing Leveson: How Not to Defend Press Freedom
Some members of the British media and political establishment are appalled by the recommendations of the Lord Leveson inquiry into journalism ethics. How dare anyone consider public regulation or review of the free press? Once …
High-profile gossip & anonymous sources
Journalism prof takes Boston Globe to task for anonymous quotes in Petraeus scandal
Both Wisc. senatorial candidates keep election-night reins on journalists
Reporters object to being kept in “press pens;” others concur the trend is bad for the democratic process