Ethics AdviceLine

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists In the first known case of deliberate falsification using artificial intelligence in journalism, a novice reporter for the Cody Enterprise has resigned and the editor apologized. The futuristic technology in this case fabricated quotes attributed to various people, including Wyoming’s governor, who had […]

Mario Tonelli before and after Bataan Death March — iavmuseum.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The definition of hero is a person endowed with great courage and strength, one noted for feats of courage or nobility, or someone who risked or sacrificed their life. The term is […]