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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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6 Nov

Approaches to ethics

by Stephen J. Ward This article provides an overview of ethics in general, and journalism ethics. It identifies the major approaches to ethics and models of ethical reasoning, before explaining […]

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3 Nov

CAJ slams attempt to seize reporter’s research

NewsThe Canadian Association of Journalists opposes the Edmonton Police Service’s attempt to seize a reporter’s research into a high-profile murder case. “Journalists are not agents of the state, and police […]

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3 Nov

Canada won’t appeal O’Neill decision

The justice department has just announced it will not appeal an Ontario Superior Court decision that a raid on reporter Juliet O’Neill’s home and office was illegal.

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3 Nov

CBC pulls plug on columnist

The Press-Republican in Plattsburgh, N.Y., is lamenting the loss of a Quebec-basedcolumnist who had written about all things Canadian for the newspaper since 1998. Writer Peter Black told the newspaper […]

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2 Nov

Sun names national editors

Sun Media has appointed senior editors from different newspapers to be in charge of national, shared content across the chain. The editors — one each from the Toronto Sun, Ottawa […]

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31 Oct

Woe-is-us journalists

Two recent articles by Jack Shafer, Slate’s editor-at-large, have bloggers buzzing about what he calls “the woe-is-us crowd of journalists.” Shafer argues that concerns American journalists have over shrinking newsrooms […]

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27 Oct

Sting journalism under fire

Soutik Biswas at BBC News in Delhi reports on the various shock tactics employed by Indian television journalists, saying, “The past year has been a never-ending sting season on television […]

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