Last summer, historic protests erupted across the country in response to anti-Black police violence. And in Chicago, official police narratives often conflicted with what actually occurred on the ground. As the national debate about race and policing continues, we asked Lakeidra Chavis of The Trace to lead a conversation examining […]
iditis.blogspot.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The editor and the publisher of an auto magazine decide to dismiss a long-time writer after discovering unattributed quotes in his articles that appeared to be lifted from other sources, giving the impression the writer had been in Iraq although he […]
By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Hikers find the body of a 36-year-old man drowned in the Adirondack wilderness. The victim had Huntington’s disease, which also afflicted his mother and two brothers. An Arizona reporter writing about the death discovers that the drowning victim had served eight years in […]
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUBBoard of Directors meetingFri. Feb. 5, 2021 Vice President Amanda Vinicky called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present via Zoom: Howard Dubin, Rob Elder, Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Jason Martin, Alejandra Cancino, Suzanne McBride, Mike Ewing, Maria Zamudio, Ash-har Quraishi, Michael Limon, Nader Issa, Blair […]
CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUBBoard of Directors meetingFri.March 5, 2021 President Madhu Krishnamurthy called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present via Zoom: Howard Dubin, Tahman Bradley, Greg Karp, Flynn McRoberts, Ash-har Quaraishi, Jason Martin, Michael Limon, Maya Dukmasova, Christine Wolf, Amanda Vinicky, Maria Zamudio, Taylor Moore, Nader Issa, Blair […]
http://www.pbs.org image From the files of the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The April 1, 1985 edition of Sports Illustrated magazine carried a story by the late George Plimpton saying that a New York Mets rookie pitcher named Siddhartha (Sidd) Finch could throw a […]
sproutmarketing.net image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists It’s sad to see a word go practically extinct through incorrect usage. The word is “who.” It’s one of the time-honored Five Ws and an H taught in every journalism school. These days, and for quite some time, people say “that” […]
McNeil — http://www.idnes.cz image Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Two New York Times journalists got in hot water over ethics infractions; one was forced to quit his job and the other was not. One of them erred in a way that was considered unforgiveable, the other did not. Let’s […]
apply.dailycal.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The editor-in-chief of an Idaho newspaper calls the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists to say a county commissioner urged him to assign a reporter to a commission meeting where he expects some “monkey business” on the agenda as a result of […]
The original Criminal Courts building at the corner of Dearborn and Hubbard was the scene of the March 26, 1980, a Prohibition-type party kicking off the Headline Club’s Front Page Film Festival. Liquor was served in coffee cups, live music and more than a hundred Chicago journalists celebrated Ben Hecht […]
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