Editorial: A lesson for students learning to navigate social media without compromising professional standards
Month: January 2012
Italian media: bloggers reveal false footage of shipwreck broadcast by certified journalists.
Italian bloggers leverage incident by asking Nat’l Order of Journalists to ease restrictions on entering profession
Bahrain Journalists Association launches new code of ethics
IFJ president says, “Ethics we believe are not marginal to the future of journalism; they are key to its survival.”
Why Training Citizen Journalists Is So Important After the Arab Spring
In the wake of widespread revolution, photojournalist asks: “Who are the media watchdogs for a form of journalism rooted in unedited immediacy?”
Prosecutors: Media didn’t violate law by naming suspect before hearing
Reports identified alleged killer before he was charged; SA Supreme Court has ruled similar disclosure “in the public interest.”
Ethical reporting on rape? Struggles in Indonesia
Alliance of Indonesian Journalists monitors coverage of rape cases, finds careless reporting, publication of victim identities.
3rd Global Media Ethics Roundtable: A meeting of minds
Most scholars, media professionals, and journalists agree that globalization has been responsible for major transformations in the structures of media production and reception. As media worlds get rearranged, it becomes necessary to focus on the ethical principles that underlie media practices and content around the world. The Global Media Ethics Project (GME)