Dining out at a restaurant, watching a show or buying a book—you can always refer to a review on a local newspaper before making the decision. Now you can do the same thing for getting …
Month: October 2015
Ethics in the News – Oct. 27
The World Health Organization said Monday the scientific link between processed meats and cancer is definitive. In the next breath, the organization said there’s strong evidence that red meat causes cancer. As this article explains, …
Ethics in the News – Oct. 20
In the wake of a report about the extent of philanthropic money given to education journalism, ethicists are discussing what the proper relationship between targeted money and journalism should look like. A new blog looking …
Ethics of robot journalism: How Automated Insights poses issues for data collection and writing
Algorithm journalism is now available for everyone. A beta Wordsmith, a program that creates journalism from data, was made available on the parent company’s website Tuesday morning, the company announced. But, one of the world’s …
Ethics in the News Oct. 13
A journalism ethics summit themed on traumatic event reporting is scheduled for Oct. 27 at the Center for Ethics in Journalism at the University of Arkansas. The summit, “Take Care of Yourself: an introduction to …
Rezaian Conviction: How to Protect Journos with Dual Citizenship
News editors need to think more carefully — ahead of time — about how they plan to protect these journalists, should their citizenship get them into trouble. Far too often the strategy for handling this persecution is reactive instead of proactive.
Ethics in the News Oct. 6
The deadly campus shooting Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, that left 10 dead and others injured conjured up familiar ethics debates about reporting in post-tragedy environments. Notably, conversation circulated around the naming …
Why we need a radical new framework for media ethics
In “Radical Media Ethics: A Global Approach” I declare that the only way to rescue media ethics from sinking into oblivion is to think radically. Let me explain. We need to rethink the basis of …