ethics (Page 5)
January 2, 2021
Choosing Process over Policy: The Unavoidability of Horserace Journalism
Horserace journalism dominates election coverage — is that an ethical problem that the media should solve or a natural news and political phenomenon?
December 21, 2020
Commentary: Undercover Reporting Brings Accountability to Private Prisons
Shane Bauer’s immersive investigation into the Corrections Corporation of America, a 35,000-word behemoth published in June 2016, is a testament to the power and the necessity of undercover reporting.
November 11, 2020
Video Commentary: When Journalists Becoming Unwitting Tools of Russian Interference
The Internet Research Agency (IRA) has infiltrated American social media in order to sow mistrust, widen divisions, and interfere in the 2016 presidential elections. Lilian Manansala discusses the ethical dilemma of journalists not checking sources only to find out later they utilized posts tweeted by Russian bots.
November 5, 2020
Commentary: Calling Fox News Into Question on Their Practice of Journalism
Fox News is called into question on if they practice journalism. They believe that they do because they follow most of the 4 core principles.
November 4, 2020
Podcast: ‘Writer’s Bloc’ on the Rights of a Private Citizen with AIDS
If a community fears a threat like AIDS, does that justify putting someone who has contracted it in the public eye? In this episode of Writer's Bloc, Lilian Manansala and Corina Garcia discuss whether Lithuanian paper Lietuvos Rytas, violated the rights of private citizen Laimutis Armoniene when they published that he had HIV. Was the public’s right to know paramount over his right to privacy?