Archive
7 Nov

The history and future of trauma in journalism

by Stephen J. A. Ward “If I get killed, I kind of think, so what? People die all the time. I watch people die. I’d rather it not be me. […]

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7 Nov

<i>Walrus Magazine</i> gets new publisher

Shelley Ambrose, former public affairs officer for the Canadian consulate in New York, has been named the new publisher of Walrus Magazine. Ambrose, 44, who was also the former assistant […]

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7 Nov

Deep Throat’s long shadow

Deep Throat. Since Woodward and Bernstein’s history-changing story, anonymous sources have woven themselves into every type and every level of journalism. But when big stories are broken that rely on […]

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7 Nov

Journalism ethics in review

Robson Fletcher periodically reviews media commentary at the UBC Journalism Ethics site. Accessible article titlesinclude “Toothless, timid, meek – Has Journalism Gone Soft?”, “Flashy or serious? Whither the struggling newspaper?” […]

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6 Nov

Media analysis and criticism

http://www.tojr.caThe Thunderbird, an online media review magazine from the UBC School of Journalism http://www.rrj.ca/Ryerson Review of Journalism http://www.ajr.org/American Journalism Review http://www.cjr.org/Columbia Journalism Review http://www.stljr.org/St. Louis Journalism Review http://www.bjr.org.uk/British Journalism Review […]

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6 Nov

Nature of journalism ethics

The previous section, Approaches to Ethics, explained ethics in general. This section uses those general ideas to explain the nature and aims of a special part of ethics — journalism […]

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6 Nov

TV and photojournalism

https://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2004/07/nppa_adopts_new_ethics_code.htmlNational Press Photographers Association’s “modernized” code of ethics http://www.journalism.org/resources/j_toolsPhotojournalism ethics guidelines http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/photoethics.htmlBook chapter on photojournalism ethics’ “timeless issues” http://www.tvjournalist.net/learn/India-based site on television journalism, includes section on ethics and tips for […]

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6 Nov

Experts and associations

http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/%7Etbivins/aejmc_ethics/LINKS/ethicists.html“Find a media ethics expert” — list provided by the Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication http://www.icfj.org/experts.htmlExperts available for interviews at the International […]

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6 Nov

Reporting and editing ethics links

http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=31889&sid=32Archive of tips for ethical reporting http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/ethics/Basic guide to ethics from the Online Journalism Review http://journalism.indiana.edu/uncategorized/ethics-frames-terrorism/A collection of real-world cases where ethical decisions must be made http://www.justicejournalism.org/crimeguide/toc.htmlCovering crime and justice […]

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6 Nov

Accountability and complaints

http://www.cbsc.ca/english/main/home.htmCanadian Broadcast Standards Council http://newsombudsmen.org/Organization of News Ombudsmen, includes links to many ombuds http://www.presscouncils.org/Site is dedicated to media accountability and “contains the largest collection of press codes of conduct in […]

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