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17 Sep

Ethical guidelines for editing audio

When editing interviews….The most important rule – NEVER change the meaning of what the interviewee said. It’s okay, even expected, that you will cut out ums, ers, long pauses, and […]

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23 Aug

OJR piece explores issue of “rewriting history”

In this piece for OJR.org, Elizabeth Zwerling, an associate professor of journalism at the University of La Verne in Los Angeles County, attempts to answer the question: Should editors delete […]

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29 Jul

Even the Internet needs editors

Gary Kamiya, a writer-at-large for Salon, sings the largely unsung praises of newspaper editors. And the former editor argues the one medium that has traditionally resisted editors the most — the […]

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27 Jul

Journalists and Facebook

To answer the questions “What’s in (Facebook) for journalists? For journalism? And for news organizations, at large?” editors at Poynter.org established a Facebook group called “Journalists and Facebook.” They invited about 25 […]

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26 Apr

Reader comments: the good, the bad and the ugly

An AP story examines how various newspapers monitor online reader comments and the ethics of allowing unfiltered content vs. assuming more editorial control.

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25 Apr

Definition: Journalism sourcing

Wikipedia has a page in its Journalism section about sourcing and all of its inherent issues.

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10 Jan

Journalism ethics sites

This page at the UBC site contains links to major sites dedicated to media ethics and high-quality journalism, such as the Poynter Institute and the Project for Excellence in Journalism. […]

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7 Nov

Credibility in news

by Mark Schneider Despite the fact that there are no secret handshakes, no Masonic rites or other esoteric indications denoting membership in the society of journalists, a bond of unexamined […]

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7 Nov

New media trends

by Kendyl Salcito Journalism is evolving rapidly in a “mixed media” of traditional newspapers and broadcast stations combined with a “new media” of on-line journalists. These developments in journalism are […]

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7 Nov

Speed and accuracy

by Kendyl Salcito Accuracy — to get the facts and context of a story right — is a fundamental norm of ethical journalism. Inaccurate reporting undermines important news stories and […]

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