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ABC57.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Twenty-five years later, the British Broadcasting Corporation apologizes that one of its reporters, Martin Bashir, used fake bank statements to get a sensational interview with Princess Diana. “It was a stupid thing to do and was an action I deeply regret,” […]

surrey604.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists It’s too early to tell where the current coronavirus-19 pandemic ranks among the world’s worst plagues. At this writing, global cases stood at 160.6 million and global deaths at 3.3 million. The United States led the world with 32,827,228 cases and […]

the guardian.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists As The Guardian newspaper celebrates its 200th anniversary and looks forward to its next century, covid is seen as a rehearsal for climate breakdown. Editor-in-chief Katharine Viner offers five ideals to guide the Guardian to help create a better kind of […]

http://www.slideshare.net image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists So, a new study says many Americans don’t support journalistic values. No ______. (Fill in the word.) When do many Americans agree with anything journalists do, especially at a time when studies show they only value their own opinions? They think […]

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 […]

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 […]