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AI Puzzles

January 22, 2026 admin 0

shutterstock.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists It was Brian again, a freelancer calling AdviceLine with another question about writing with the aid of artificial intelligence. His life as a freelancer was getting complicated because rules governing the use of artificial intelligence in journalism were changing fast, and […]

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AI Soul Searching

December 12, 2025 admin 0

http://www.cpnet.io image By Hugh Miller and Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists A lot of soul-searching is going on over the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the media, a mind-bending exercise pointing out that a tool expected to improve journalism might replace human journalists and doom news outlets that […]

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Anti-Immigrant Blitz Burns

October 1, 2025 admin 0

Protester in cloud of chemical spray in Broadview — Chicago Tribune photo By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Immigrants in America, once a haven for such people, are now targets of federal crackdowns ordered by the Trump administration in sometime violent sweeps by masked and unidentified men. The mass […]

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Using AI Ethically

August 5, 2025 admin 0

ece/emory.edu image By Casey Bukro and Hugh Miller Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Brian, a freelance journalist, called AdviceLine with a timely and hot-button question: How far should journalists go in using artificial intelligence bots like ChatGPT — an ethics and legal quagmire still taking shape? Transformative technology like artificial intelligence […]

Artificial Intelligence Madness

May 30, 2025 admin 0

By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Do you remember HAL 9000? It was the onboard computer of Discovery One spacecraft bound for a mission near Jupiter in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Possibly one of the most famous computers in cinema history, HAL 9000 killed most of the […]

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Political Endorsements Wane

February 26, 2025 admin 0

http://www.tomliberman.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The freelancer who contacted the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists was troubled at learning that the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post had stopped endorsing presidential candidates prior to the last election. “I realize a newspaper isn’t necessarily required to issue […]

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Hawaii wants ethical media

February 11, 2025 admin 0

quillmag.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The Society of Professional Journalists has had a love/hate relationship with its own code of ethics for a long time. It loves being praised for having a code of ethics that is admired by professional journalists and considered a “gold standard” […]

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Freelance Writing Grows

January 21, 2025 admin 0

http://www.thestatesman.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Freelance writing is a swashbuckling sort of business where practitioners live by their wits and guile. It’s always been a tough business. But for some it got tougher as the newspaper business, which hired freelancers, took a nosedive. Unemployment among freelance […]

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Two Looted Newspapers

November 20, 2024 admin 0

theperfectresponse.pages.tcnj.edu image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists. The historic 20-year nosedive of the U.S. newspaper industry, shedding 77 percent of its jobs, is usually blamed on the internet and plummeting advertising revenue. Seldom does anyone mention management marauders who, in the name of shareholder value, strip newspapers of […]

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Making, Keeping Promises

September 2, 2024 admin 0

Quotesgram.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics Adviceline for Journalists We’ve been told since second grade to always keep our promises. We’re reminded right into adulthood of that golden rule, through business and family affiliations, our faith and our friendships. Journalists, too, are reminded of that in the Society of Professional […]