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Social boundaries
Social media tools (especially Facebook and Twitter) have found a niche in the practice of journalism. But is this an example of technology moving faster than careful thought? There are pitfalls in...
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Social Media’s Place in the Society’s Ethics Code
The term “social media” is used once in the latest draft of the Society’s ethics code. The term’s single occurrence is too little for some, but it’s just right for me. The ethics code the Society...
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Caring About Sharing
While the new version of the Society’s Code of Ethics doesn’t specifically address digital journalism, the changes address concerns shared by all journalists practicing in a digital and social world....
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Ebola in America
Ebola virus disease is a terrifying ailment. After transmission, symptoms start two to 21 days later. The often-deadly disease usually begins with a fever and progresses to more serious symptoms, such...
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Some Points on #Pointergate
KSTP, the ABC affiliate in Minnesota’s Minneapolis- Saint Paul metropolitan area, got skewered over the past week thanks to a story about a photo it says shows Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges standing...
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#Pointergate Revisited
(via U.S Library of Congress) (Updated on November 21, 2014 to include information from a statement made by the Society’s Minnesota Pro Chapter.) On Tuesday night, I published a blog post about a...
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#Pointergate Revisited Revisited
The chairman and chief executive officer of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., which owns KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, responded to the #Pointergate statement made last month by the Society’s Minnesota Pro...
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Ethics Week 2015: Minimizing Harm in Times of Conflict
Photo Credit/Robert Kuykendall Freshman journalism students are often asked to define the word journalist. The lesson at the end of the exercise is that the definition varies from person to person....
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Ethics Week 2015: Reporting from the Internet
Illustration Credit Sean MacEntee In today’s journalism world, obtaining and sharing information can be instantaneous. Especially in breaking news situations we can find ourselves, as journalists,...
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Transparency, Civility and Respect in Ethical Debates
Photo courtesy Flickr Creative Commons (http://bit.ly/1GRn5wn) Journalists who joined the Society’s conversations about ethics last week noticed some interesting posts popping up on Twitter. Many of...
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#SPJ4ALL
Seaman standing in Times Square. After days of deliberation, I sent off a $350 check to the small private college that I thought would be my home for the four years following high school. A large...
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ONA Unveils Ethics Project
The Online News Association (ONA) unveiled this week its much-anticipated project that allows people to “Build Your Own Ethics Code.” ONA’s website features a tool that allows people to add specific...
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Ho, ho, hoax – Marie Christmas
@JewyMarie’s Twitter Posts Social media is a proverbial gold mine for journalists, but it’s also filled with landmines. A number of eyewitness accounts were sent out on Twitter as news about the mass...
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Ethics Week: Are Social Media Ethics Codes Needed?
Jason Howie/Flickr Creative Commons The Online News Association announced April 1 that it was introducing an ethics code for newsgathering practices on social media. The ONA Social Newsgathering Ethics...
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The Daily Beast Wins Nothing At Olympics
The Daily Beast sent a reporter to cover the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Instead of a story on the numerous important issues affecting the region, the website decided to publish a report that is...
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What Should Journalists Learn From Gawker’s Demise?
Gawker launched in 2003, but didn’t come into my orbit until three years later during my first year of college. I don’t remember the first Gawker post I read, but the website quickly became one of my...
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Canary in the Coalmine: Trust in Media Hits New Low
Less than a third of American adults trust the media at least “a fair amount,” according to a new Gallup poll. The finding is the most dismal since Gallup started taking the poll in the 1970s. More...
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Social Media Ethics Must Be Taught
Jason Howie/Flickr Creative Commons Social media remains at the center of news consumption for audiences. The platforms have become ubiquitous with news consumption, as they become publishers and media...
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Facebook Tackles Fake News
Jason Howie/Flickr Creative Commons Facebook announced last Wednesday changes to its trending topics section, which is the box of subjects users see on the top-right corner of the screen. The social...
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When Past Meets Present
Screenshot of The Courier-Journal’s controversial story about Dr. David Dao. People’s pasts are littered with publicly available stories. How far should journalists reach back when a person finds...
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