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As you come in …

As you come in …. Talk with your peers about the ethics issues they’ve found. Is the topic you found similar or different? Do they involve an issue, photo, video, decision to print? What is the ethical dilemma? Some recent ethical issues in Journalism Boston Bomber on Rolling Stone

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  1. As you come in … • Talk with your peers about the ethics issues they’ve found. • Is the topic you found similar or different? • Do they involve an issue, photo, video, decision to print? • What is the ethical dilemma? • Some recent ethical issues in Journalism • Boston Bomber on Rolling Stone • Grantland’sDr.V story. • News of the World Hacking Scandal. • Economist “Obama vs. BP” Photoshop issue. • The Guardian and Edward Snowden

  2. Before we get started • Papers • Your 3rd blog is due next week! • I’m lifting restrictions • You can interview students • You don’t need to give me contact info • BUT I’ll be paying more attention to the structure of your articles. (Review the Inverted Pyramid, Formatting Quotes, News format (Ledethen Quote supporting or adding emphasis) • Tom posted a midterm review on D2L.

  3. Back to ethics. • The Potter Box

  4. Professional Codes of Ethics • Applying ethics: codes • Businesses have them • Professional organizations have them • Most governments have them • May deal with conduct, conflicts of interest, gift-giving • A guide for decision-making • Violations may be subject to penalties

  5. Examples of Codes of Ethics • A list of ethical codes from different Organizations • www.journalism.org/resources/ethics-codes/ • Society of Professional Journalists • http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp • National Press Photographers Association • https://nppa.org/code_of_ethics • Radio Television Digital News Association • http://rtdna.org/article/rtdna_code_of_ethics%23.Uw4vgPR5w-M

  6. Core Principles • Seek truth and report it • Minimize harm • Act independently • Be accountable

  7. By the time you reach a decision ➡ Have you resolved your dilemma? ➡ Can you make a clear and rational argument for your decision by... ➡ Saying what the dilemma is ➡ What the facts are ➡ What journalistic codes of conduct, etc. say about it ➡ Which ethical principle(s) you applied ➡ And how you applied them?

  8. Okay … let’s talk about what you’ve found. • We can do this one of two ways … • We come up with, as a class, 5 topics that people are interested in and you can sign up for groups based on that. • OR • We can draw numbers and you guys can pick your topics within your randomly assigned group. • The groups have to be 4-5 people • Now that we have the groups … here’s a worksheet with the full explanation of the project and my expectations.

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