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http://www.nrn.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists This is the time of year for predictions, wishful thinking and delusional forecasts for the coming year, 2021. The 2020 covid-19 pandemic took the globe largely by surprise, showing how puny human prognostication abilities really are and should be humbling, although […]

keep calm-o-matic.co.uk image By Casey Bukro and Hugh Miller Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists When speaking to an audience about ethics in journalism, it usually does not take long before somebody suggests to the speaker that ethics in journalism is an oxymoron —  incongruous or contradictory terms. There it is laid out […]

thecityjournal.net image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Is honesty still important in journalism? Judging from calls to the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists, some journalists are not certain about that. One journalist asked if it’s okay to lie to get a story. Another journalist asked if it’s okay to […]

http://www.thedrum.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists These are tough times for much of journalism, and newspaper and broadcasting executives are reacting by resorting to controversial ways to raise revenue. Journalists called The Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists for answers to these examples: A North Caroline publisher said he […]

By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Ethics case study: A pedophile pastor and a publisher. In his first interview with the owner of a small Midwestern newspaper, a local church pastor threatened to vilify the newspaper owner from the pulpit if she printed anything derogatory about him. The publisher […]

dailymotion.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists As presidential debate moderators go, they didn’t stack up to the likes of revered Walter Cronkite. Moderators of the 2020 Donald Trump and Joe Biden debates were critiqued, criticized, chastised and lampooned. Gone are the days when such moderators were unquestionably […]

montereycoe.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists. A reporter for a military publication contacted the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists and asked this question in 2008: “May I reprint information in our newspaper that is from websites if I provide proper attribution, but without permission? There is no guidance […]

chscourier.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Journalists face many responsibilities toward their communities. Sometimes they conflict. Foremost is the responsibility to report news and information.  This makes journalists highly informed about the politics and needs of their cities and towns, making them desirable candidates to serve on civic […]

  thoughtco.com image   By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists   Keeping control of an interview is one of a journalist’s basic jobs. That might sound easy, but it can be difficult if the ground rules are not spelled out in advance so both the journalist and the person […]