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Musician or Journalist?

September 10, 2021 admin 0

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 […]

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Objectivity and Truth

September 2, 2021 admin 0

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 […]

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A Campus Rape

August 26, 2021 admin 0

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 […]

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Sensitive Journalism

August 19, 2021 admin 0

  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 […]

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Crash Photos Debate

August 4, 2021 admin 0

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 […]

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Cosby Case Update

July 29, 2021 admin 0

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 […]

Sex, Dating and Reporters

July 14, 2021 admin 0

albanianjournalism.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists Journalism sometimes is described as a sexy job, but there are limits. The Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists got a call from a California editor who said his City Hall reporter was having an affair with the mayor. A Massachusetts reporter asked […]

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Television Panhandlers

July 8, 2021 admin 0

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 […]

Using Borrowed Videos

June 29, 2021 admin 0

desktop-documentaries.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists A Chicago television station used a YouTube video showing a group of minors taunting a suspect sitting in the back seat of a Chicago police car. The video apparently was taken with a phone camera. It was posted on YouTube and […]

Skipping the small stuff

June 17, 2021 admin 0

netia.com image By Casey Bukro Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists The Associated Press became the latest news organization to adopt a humanitarian policy aimed at fairness in the way it reports on people. AP will no longer name suspects in minor crime stories, writes John Daniszewski, the AP’s vice president for […]