Archive
20 Apr

Would you air a killer’s manifesto?

When Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui sentva video press package to NBC News, he got the attention he longed for — and sparked a tough debate on whether or not […]

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14 Feb

Pictures at an execution

When secretly shot footage of Saddam Hussein’s hanging leaked online, news outlets found themselves with gruesome choices to make. By Jennifer Fong On a former military base in north Baghdad […]

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5 Feb

Canadian admits book passages were not attributed

Canadian writer Paul William Roberts has admitted passages in his 2004 best-selling book A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq are similar to those that […]

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10 Jan

Ex-prostitutes to cover Pickton trial

The editor-in-chief of a website built on “citizen journalism” wants subjectivity, not objectivity, in his reporters’ coverage of a major Vancouver trial. Paul Sullivan tells the Edmonton Sun that the […]

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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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7 Nov

Gatekeeping

by Kendyl Salcito Journalists have long considered themselves the gatekeepers of news and information for the public. Indeed, whether self-imposed or not, some form of gatekeeping seems unavoidable in journalism. […]

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7 Nov

Cell journalism

by Carolynne Burkholder More often than not, major news happens and there is no one around to report it. By way of interviews and records of the event, reporters are […]

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