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28 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2011. Breakfast Sponsor. THOMSON REUTERS: JOURNALISM AND GOVERNANCE – WHY ETHICAL MEDIA REPORTING MATTERS.
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28THANNUAL CONFERENCE2011 Breakfast Sponsor
THOMSON REUTERS: JOURNALISM AND GOVERNANCE – WHY ETHICAL MEDIA REPORTING MATTERS.
(A man identified as Daniel Van Pelt, a New Jersey Assemblyman, tries to shield his face as he exits federal court after being one of more than 40 people arrested over public corruption and international money laundering)
YES (U.S. President Barack Obama and Julia Gillard at a press conference in Canberra)
QUESTION: Do you trust the media to tell the truth? • 1. Yes • 2. No • 3. Undecided
(The last edition of News of the World newspaper goes on sale alongside other British Sunday newspapers in London)
(British actor Hugh Grant arrives at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central London)
TODAY …. • The importance of a free, pluralistic press in governance • Ethical journalism • Regulating the media
REUTERS REPUTATION GET IT FIRST -BUT FIRST GET IT RIGHT!
QUESTION: Should the media be more rigorously regulated? • 1. Yes • 2. No • 3. Undecided
QUESTION: Who should be responsible for regulating the media? • 1. Statutory regulation • 2. Self-regulatory body • 3. Undecided
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers” - Thomas Jefferson in 1817
“USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population” – David Letterman
“The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. To a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body” – Warren Buffett