Ethics

Gov. Palin: Asking tough questions is what we DO

 I’m not sure what Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin learned “all those years ago” when she got her journalism degree, but teaching journalism students then and now to ask tough questions is not an ethics issue.
 Asking tough questions is what we do. Asking tough questions is what we’re supposed to do. And our audiences should be […]

Ethics in classrooms and beyond

  Is it naïve to think, even argue, that ethics training and learning about personal values is important to all students?  If so, then I’m naive.
  I believe ethics training can influence and help aspiring journalists do their jobs with character and with consideration for their audiences and sources. I contend that an understanding of ethical […]

Bloggers and transparency?

  Bloggers continue to make news and raise eyebrows in this historic political season. Blog issues persist, grow and continue to jab at the press and the public alike.  Among the issues: Are bloggers journalists with First Amendment rights? If bloggers write about politics are they afforded the expanded legal benefits covered by political speech? […]

Plain Dealer reporters discuss coverage of Johanna series

  Plain Dealer reporter Rachel Dissell and photographer Gus Chan followed the story of Johanna Orozco for six months in 2007. As the newspaper wrote in its moving and award-winning series, Dissell and Chan “began looking for answers about how a teen relationship turned tragic; they found instead the story of a survivor.”
Dissell, a Kent […]