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Ethics of Journalism

Ethics of Journalism. Journalism. Journalism is the craft of conveying news , descriptive material and comment via a widening spectrum of media . For example (newspaper, radio, TV, magzines even cell phones)

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Ethics of Journalism

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  1. Ethics of Journalism

  2. Journalism • Journalism is the craftof conveying news, descriptive material and commentvia a widening spectrum of media. For example (newspaper, radio, TV, magzines even cell phones) • It started to develop with technology of mass production and electronic communication technology since 18th century, Europe

  3. Standards • Most of the time, journalists are expected to be responsible and objective in their analysis, and are supposed to refrain from personal biases or prejudices

  4. Elements of Journalism • Journalism's first obligation is to the truth. • Its first loyalty is to the citizens. • Its essence is discipline of verification. • Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover. • It must serve as an independent monitor of power. • It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise. • It must strive to make the significant interesting, and relevant. • It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional. • Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience.

  5. Saying about journalism • Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. Marguerite Duras • If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people. Daniel Moynihan • I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it. Thomas Jefferson • Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismarck

  6. What should we do? • We musn’t take all given information as it is… • We must to analyse the information whether it is not biased or not So…..

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