Ethics AdviceLine

http://www.jpkalliomusic.com image By Casey Bukro The violinist for a major orchestra is arrested for having child porn in his house and on his computer. A professional musician who also does radio reports on the arts beat wants to know if she is obligated to do a report on the porn […]

http://www.plrassassin.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Whenever I made the mistake of starting to answer a question by saying, “I think,” the tough editor at the old City News Bureau of Chicago cut me off by saying: “Don’t tell me what you think, chum, tell me what […]

bahaiteachings.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists A student is interviewed for a California student newspaper, some of it off-record and some of it on the record, about a rape on campus. Later, the student who was interviewed calls the student journalists and asks them not to publish […]

  http://www.hngn.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Allowing for time to grieve, journalists in Plymouth, England, are taking a break from interviewing relatives of six people, including a three-year-old girl, killed in a mass shooting […]

bahaiteachings.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists A small Illinois daily newspaper routinely publishes photos of vehicle crashes that meet its standards: No blood, no bodies or other graphic imagery and no license plates shown. The editor contacted the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists saying some readers complain that […]

Comedian Bill Cosby responds to charges against him in September 2015. (A&E) By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Comedian Bill Cosby was released from prison in June after serving almost three years for drugging and assaulting a woman athlete. In 2014, the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists examined the Cosby […]

bahaiteachings.org image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists in 2014 reported on a long tradition in Chicago television of highly paid anchors shamelessly asking for food or other freebies on-air. They should pay for this stuff like everyone else. Check your local television station […]