Newspapers Canada reveals proposal for a national press council
Newspapers Canada is soliciting feedback from its members on a proposal for a national press council to be launched in 2015.
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Ward’s Words: DIY vs. depersonalized journalism ethics
Media ethicist Stephen J.A. Ward takes stock of the two most common ways of rewriting ethic codes—DIY ethics and a depersonalized approach—and finds them both wanting.
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How do you know if you’re too close to your source?
A new report from the Canadian Association of Journalists’ ethics committee looks at when a relationship with a source is so close that it's apt to affect a journalist’s news judgment.
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CAJ ethics committee report: How close is too close?
How close is too close?” is a timeless and somewhat insidious question for journalists, and the answers are as inevitably murky as are human relationships themselves.
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Stephen Ward launches new ethics website
Canadian media ethicist Stephen Ward has launched a new website, Media Morals, that will explore journalism ethics in global media world.
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College of the North Atlantic develops drone journalism code of conduct
Considering the unique vantages drone journalism can provide, losing this technology due to a lack of professionalism would be a serious blow to our industry, writes College of the North Atlantic journalism instructor Jeff Ducharme.
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Why the Hamilton Spectator revised its code of conduct on anonymous sources
It’s not good enough anymore simply to say, “a source said,” “sources say,” “on background” or the many variations of the same. Editors should demand more disclosure from their reporters, and reporters need to push their sources harder for details on disclosure, writes the Spec’s managing editor Jim Poling.
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Should journalists use anonymous secret-sharing apps?
Whisper, an app that allows anonymous users to post content to the app, could provide journalists with valuable information. But when and how should media outlets make use of the app?
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Should media outlets tell readers the news was created by robots?
Most news outlets publishing robot-made content are so far choosing not to inform readers about their use of the software, a decision that contradicts one of journalism’s most valuable ethical principles: transparency.
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CAJ ethics committee case study: When to unpublish?
How exactly would an editor rationalize a decision to unpublish? What alternatives are available? The Canadian Association of Journalists ethics committee took an actual unpublishing request made to a major Canadian news organization and analyzed it according to the guidelines we authored in 2010.