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Cuomo Conflicts

December 2, 2021 admin 0

By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Andrew and Chris Cuomo youtube.com image If Chris Cuomo considers himself a journalist, he forgot who he’s working for. Journalists work for the public interest, not for conflict of interest favors for his brother, Andrew, the former governor of New York who left […]

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Violent Stalker

November 22, 2021 admin 0

journalism ethics http://www.edurisksolutions.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists. The editor-in-chief of an Oregon campus newspaper contacts the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists asking if he should publish a story about a female student being “violently stalked” by her ex-boyfriend. The stalker did not physically harm the student, but […]

October Newsletter: How can we help local journalists?

October 4, 2021 admin 0

A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT Thank you. I can think of no better way to begin this message than a note of appreciation for the role you —Chicago’s journalists — have played these past 19 months in providing understanding, uncovering inequalities and wrongdoing, and sharing information with audiences amid the […]

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Sparing the Victim

November 4, 2021 admin 0

loudonnow.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Ethical journalism involves more than what you report; it’s also about what you decide to leave out. The Loudoun Times-Mirror set a good example of that by deciding against naming the parents of a high school sexual assault victim, and refusing […]

September Newsletter: How can we help local journalists?

October 1, 2021 admin 0

A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT Thank you. I can think of no better way to begin this message than a note of appreciation for the role you —Chicago’s journalists — have played these past 19 months in providing understanding, uncovering inequalities and wrongdoing, and sharing information with audiences amid the […]

TV They-Speak

October 14, 2021 admin 0

http://www.amazon.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalist ABC7 Chicago television, they are inventing a new way to speak or mangling the English language. Listen to the announcers on WLS-TV, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. They include the word “they” in the oddest places. A sports announcer […]

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Double Dipping?

October 8, 2021 admin 0

http://www.ecourtreporters.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The caller asked the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists if it is ethical for a freelance reporter to report the local town news, covering the town council and government meetings, while at the same time being paid to write the mayor’s column. […]

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Covid and Media

October 1, 2021 admin 0

http://www.forbes..com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists At a time the Covid-19 death toll tops the fatalities in the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, the nation’s news media workforce is something like 40 percent diminished from a generation ago. This is something for scholars and medical historians to chew on. […]

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Indigenous Invisibility

September 24, 2021 admin 0

history.denverlibrary.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists. Chicago has an American Indian population of 13,337. Roughly half of them are female and half are male, and the median age of both sexes is 30. Of 4,240 American Indian homes, 2,769 are led by families. The population of those […]

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CHC Board Meeting: Sept. 10, 2021

September 10, 2021 admin 0

CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB Board of Directors meeting Fri. Sept. 10 2021 President Amanda Vinicky called the Zoom meeting to order at 9 a.m. Also present: Madhu Krishnamurthy, Mike Ewing, Adam Rhodes, Tahman Bradley, Molly McDonough, Greg Karp, Robert Elder, Taylor Moore, Alejandra Cancino, Howard Dubin, Suzanne McBride, Olivia Obineme, Jason […]