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CAJ panel proposes ethics guidelines for digital age
The 2002-vintage ethics code of the Canadian Association of Journalists is certainly due for a revision—for one thing, it makes no mention of the Internet. Now, a panel of the association’s ethics committee has produced a draft revision for public… -
“Aim for transparency”: CAJ releases guidelines for personal activity online
Where is the line between the personal and the professional when journalists interact with social media? In its latest report, released April 12, the Canadian Association of Journalists' ethics advisory committee presents guidelines to help journalists think through their Facebook… -
When it comes to journos, what’s fair on Facebook?
When the Toronto Star‘s new social media policy leaked, many journalists were tempted to brand it with a fail stamp. Not so fast, says Star public editor Kathy English. In her April 8th column English asks, “What’s fair on Facebook?” … -
A Guardian audit, an “ethics examiner”, a slugger’s coverage and other rewards of an hour with a journal.
Sometimes I wonder why I still subscribe to academic journals in print, but tonight is not such a time. True, sooner or later, every journal’s content will be available in library databases or in some cases even on the Web.… -
CAJ ethics report: Journalists seeking political office
CAJ Ethics Report – Journalists Seeking Political Office 2010-10-29 by jsource2007 Feb. 12, 2016 Correction: The original version of this PDF was missing the last few paragraphs of this document. We have uploaded the correct version. We apologize for this… -
Reporter sponsored Haiti kids because “I am a human being first.”
Readers of the Toronto Star, inspired by the example of reporter Catherine Porter in sponsoring the education of three-year-old Lovely Avelus and of her cousin and friend, pitched in to send other Haitian students to school. The story is one… -
Truth hurts? Tough. Report it, says Toronto Star’s public editor
The Toronto Star’s public editor, Kathy English, has rapped her paper’s decision to omit a reference to the last baby born at an iconic hospital. The baby died shortly after birth, and the writer of a Page 1 feature about… -
Positive reference to Muslims requires balance? (Kristof)
A wave of American bigotry toward Muslims has reached new heights, according to New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, with the publication of a front-page apology in Maine’s Portland Press Herald. The newspaper apologized for “not offering balance” to… -
NY Times boss outlines accountability measures
The New York Times‘s various mechanisms for accountability to readers and subjects, include, according to its executive editor, not just the public editor but a managing editor and associate editor designated to watch over standards. They and a deputy managing… -
Codes of ethics
Many journalism organizations offer ethics guidelines, including the Canadian Association of Journalists, which has both a general statement of principles for ethical journalism and an expanded ethics guidelines. Some other journalist' codes of conduct include:Society of Professional Journalists…
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