Tips for resisting fake news: “The way our memory works means it might be impossible to resist fake news completely,” writes Julian Matthews.
Think like a scientist: Ask what type of content it is, where it is published and who benefits.
Category Archives: Social Media
NYT Privacy Project
NYT Privacy Project: The Times launches an investigation into the erosion of digital privacy, including its own practices.
“Though we know we must participate in this messy and rapidly changing ecosystem — one with plenty of bad actors — we are also working to ensure our own data practices live up to our values,” writes Publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
Georgia Media Ethics Board Proposal
Georgia media ethics board proposal: CBS reports a Georgia lawmaker seeks a “cannon of ethics” for print, television and digital journalists.
“It would also mandate anyone interviewed by the media could request copies of video, audio and photographs of their interaction for free,” CBS reports.
Struggling With Ethical Dilemmas and Difficult Choices
Struggling with ethical dilemmas and difficult choices: Resist the temptation to classify every ethical issue as a dilemma, writes Nancy Matchett in an article appearing in the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.
“When facing a genuine dilemma you are forced, by the circumstances, to do something unethical,” she writes.
Anonymity Exposed
Anonymity exposed: Anonymity is a con game played on the public by some of the nation’s leading newspapers, says a story from the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.
“Most reporters know that stories are only as good as the reliability of identified sources who are quoted,” says AdviceLine.
Brits Propose Global Tech Ethics Code
Brits propose global tech ethics code: Taking aim at fake news and disinformation, a United Kingdom parliament committee reports “our democracy is at risk” from election interference through social media.
A Plea For School Shooting Standards
A plea for school shooting standards: Education reporters should lead the way toward newsroom standards for covering shootings at schools, writes Emily Richmond;
“They should ask managers when their news outlets will name perpetrators and how often,” she writes. “They should also ask whether coverage of such an event will use tweets sent by students in lockdown, or share videos and photos from scenes of violence.”
Internet Reader Traffic Report
Internet reader traffic report: Promising platforms in 2019 are SmartNews and Flipboard, writes Kelsey Arendt.
Twitter and Google appear to be slipping, says Arendt. Drudge Report seen the least reliable traffic source on the internet.
Reporting Data With Integrity
Reporting data with integrity: When inspecting raw data and statistics, writes Stephen Rynkiewicz, these are questions to ask:
Is it accurate? Is it timely? Is it relevant? Is it complete? Is it trustworthy?
From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.
Using Twitter Ethically
Using Twitter ethically: Twitter evolved from an oddity to a key tool for gathering and reporting news, writes David Craig.
Ethical pressure points: Handling unverified information, navigating between personal and professional boundaries and providing context and narrative structure. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.
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