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Columbia J-School Issues Rolling Stone Report
A screenshot of the editor’s note attached to a Rolling Stone story about a 2012 gang rape at the University of Virginia. (captured 12/5/2014) Systemic problems within Rolling Stone allowed for the...
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CBS’s 60 Minutes Airs Graphic Footage
People who tuned into CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday night watched “the most disturbing footage in its 47-year history,” according to the network. The footage was part of a segment presented by Scott...
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Ethics Week 2015: Minimizing Harm
(This post was updated on April 27, 2015 at 11:10 a.m. EDT) The Society’s Ethics Week is focusing on minimizing harm, which is a key tenet of the Code of Ethics. The Society’s Code of Ethics is...
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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: #ACESchat with David Cohn
The first Twitter chat of the Society’s Ethics Week happened Wednesday afternoon with Ethics Committee Member David Cohn, who is an executive producer at AJ+. The American Society of Copy Editors...
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Ethics Week 2015: Like a surgeon
Photo Credit/Salim Fadhley Like doctors, journalists often inflict some level of harm to serve the greater good. A surgeon may slice through flesh to remove a diseased organ. A primary care doctor may...
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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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Some big news about the Society’s Code of Ethics
When the committee revising the Society’s Code of Ethics met on Ohio State University’s campus last summer, an idea without a name was born. Screenshot of the SPJ Code of Ethics on the organization’s...
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We Expect Better, Gawker
Photo illustration of Gawker homepage of 07/17/2015 (UPDATED July 17, 2015 at 3:40 p.m. EDT) Gawker published a post yesterday suggesting the website Reddit is ignorant to the harassment and abuse that...
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Learning from Gawker’s Attempt to Erase the Past
Visit SPJ.org for information on its Code of Ethics. Journalism is a high-risk profession. While the work is rewarding, one mistake may lead to a very public downfall. Journalists and journalism...
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All Student Journalists Need the First Amendment
Flickr/Ed Uthman (http://bit.ly/1KHZL70) Few actions are more offensive than educational institutions stomping on the First Amendment rights of students. Those breaches include the all-too-frequent...
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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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Friday’s Fiasco: Journalism Can and Should be Better
MSNBC’s Kerry Sanders on Friday. (via screenshot of MSNBC.com) A flood of people and equipment poured through the door of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik’s apartment on Friday. The couple murdered 14...
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Something Odd is Happening at the Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas A series of odd and concerning events occurred this past week involving the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and it’s not over. First, the paper is sold for a large profit and the newspaper’s...
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Five Stories that Defined Journalism Ethics in 2015
Journalism ethics is always a popular topic of discussion, and 2015 was no exception. In the spirit of a new year and proverbial bandwagons, I decided to highlight the blog posts about the five...
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Rolling Stone Gathers No Accolades
A magazine that staked the reputation of countless people on one person’s account just a year ago allowed a suspected murderer and drug lord control over an article. While Sean Penn’s name appears on...
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Sean Penn Throws Stones from Glass Houses
In this screen grab from CBS, Sean Penn sits with Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes. “I’m really sad about the state of journalism in our country,” Sean Penn told Charlie Rose tonight in a taped interview...
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Ethics Week 2016: New Tech, New Problems
Every few years brings a surprising number of new technologies to newsrooms around the world. News organizations are now investing heavily into virtual reality, automated reporting systems and new...
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Harnessing Energy for Change
Flickr Creative Commons There is a lively conversation about how journalists should cover traumatic events, and it’s time to harness that energy to facilitate change. Wednesday’s post about the...
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