Tag Archives: Ethics

Freelancers’ Ethical Dilemmas

February 28, 2020freelance, MediaColumbia Journalism Review, Ethics, freelancecbukro

Freelancers’ ethical dilemmas: Freelancers make up an increasing portion of the media workforce, writes Laura Neuman.

Unlike staff journalists, she writes, they don’t work in a newsroom with editors, colleagues and legal staff close by.

Mobile Reporting Ethics

February 4, 2020Accountability, Accuracy, Media, mobile journalismEthics, mobile journalismcbukro

Mobile reporting ethics: Ethicist David Craig lists tweets in which “these journalists highlighted a range of ethical challenges in mobile journalism.” From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

Columnist Scolded

December 19, 2019Accountability, Accuracy, Conflict of interest, MediaColorado Springs Independent, credibility, Ethics, objectivityethicsadviceline

Columnist scolded: The Colorado Springs Independent editorial board says a local columnist violated journalism ethics by lecturing the city council.

Shaky Anonymous Sources

December 18, 2019Accountability, Accuracy, Attribution, Conflict of interest, Independence, Mediaanonymous sources, backgrounders, code of ethics, Ethics, New York Times, Society of Professional Journalistsethicsadviceline

Shaky anonymous sources: Journalists in the cyber age should shun discredited past practices like anonymous sources and off-the-record backgrounders, which damage public trust. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

Hugging Political Candidates

December 3, 2019Accountability, Broadcast news, Conflict of interest, Media, Television newsEthics, Political candidates, Televisionethicsadviceline

Hugging political candidates: Critics say MSNBC TV host Rachel Maddow crossed a line when she hugged Sanders and Clinton in 2016. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

Ethics Of Promoting Advertisers

November 22, 2019Accountability, Accuracy, Broadcast news, Independence, Media, Television newscode of ethics, Ethics, promoting advertisers, Society of Professional Journalistsethicsadviceline

Ethics of promoting advertisers: A New York TV station’s management tells the news staff to give favorable “news” coverage to local advertisers. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

Unethical Bosses

November 11, 2019Accountability, Accuracy, Independence, Media, Online Newsadvertisers, code of ethics, Ethics, Independenceethicsadviceline

Unethical bosses: An editor pressures a web editor to gratuitously mention an advertiser in a story. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

Tweets Backfire

October 22, 2019Accountability, Media, Social Media, Weighing Benefits and HarmEthics, guidelines, newspapers, Offensive tweets, Social Mediaethicsadviceline

Tweets backfire: The Des Moines Register fires a reporter for offensive tweets while he was working on a story about offensive tweets. His own tweets from nine years ago came to light, writes Sydney Smith.

Journalists In Love

September 30, 2019Accountability, Conflict of interest, Media, Minimizing HarmConflict of interest, Ethics, journalism ethicsethicsadviceline

Journalists in love: A California newspaper editor says one of his reporters is having an affair with the mayor of a town the paper covers. What to do? From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

Ethics of Purging From News Archives

September 23, 2019Accountability, Accuracy, Media, Minimizing Harm, Online NewsEthics, Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists, historical records, purging from news archivesethicsadviceline

Ethics of purging from news archives: A California editor says people want old stories about them removed from web archives.

Ethicist David Ozar says the first issue is what benefit archives offer a community as an historical record. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.