Category / Ethics
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CBC Ombudsman: New reviews finished and others launched
CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe recently announced the release of two reviews, and his agreement to conduct three more.… -
Chequebook journalism
Is chequebook journalism resurfacing? Check out CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe’s blog, themediamanager.com, which highlights two recent cases in the States. In one case, ABC paid a woman who received texts from congressman Anthony Weiner, and in another payments… -
The ethics of reporting on baby Storm: did journalists make a mistake?
Earlier this week, Margaret Somerville, director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law and McGill University, wrote a story for online news publication The Mark questioning whether journalists made a mistake when they identified baby Storm — a Toronto… -
Live coverage from the Organization of News Ombudsmen 2011 Conference
What happens when you put dozens of public editors from around the world into the same room? Plenty of fascinating discussion on ethics, lessons learned, and the changing media landscape. We joined the ombuds in Montreal and live-blogged the event… -
ASNE’s best practice guidelines for editors creating social news policies
In case you missed it, or haven’t had a chance to read the full report yet, here are the top 10 takeaways from the recently released American Society of News Editors guide to crafting social media policies.… -
The little lies that photos can tell
For all the fuss over presidential re-dos and digital fakery, Anne McNeilly writes that the tougher questions around truth in photojournalism are sometimes also the subtlest. … -
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.…
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