Class 4 jrnl 6202
- 1. PERSPECTIVES ON JOURNALISM ETHICS JRNL 6202 SUMMER II 2015 • Instructor: Bill Mitchell • 27 July 2015 | Northeastern Univ.
- 2. PERSPECTIVES ON JOURNALISM ETHICS JRNL 6202 SUMMER II 2015 • Instructor: Bill Mitchell • Bmitch (at) gmail dot com • 727-641-9407 • 27 July 2015 | Northeastern Univ.
- 3. WHAT WE’LL DO TONIGHT • Correct that Error: Quick example from today’s Globe • Oral Presentation by Emily on Hashtags • Discussion of your ethics guidelines • Discussion of your final paper • Review of assigned readings • Shattered Glass • 10 minute break (at about 7:30 p.m.) • Upcoming assignments, etc.
- 4. CLASS PARTICIPATION & ITS RELEVANCE TO ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING • If you’re not inclined to speak up, consider doing so • If you speak up a lot, consider encouraging others • Do your best to stay on point • Try to make your point briefly
- 7. JUST AS IMPORTANT: THE MARGIN OF ERROR
- 8. MY EMAIL TO THE REPORTER
- 10. THE CORRECTION:
- 11. EMILY ON THE POWER OF HASHTAGS
- 12. REFINING YOUR PERSONAL ETHICS GUIDELINES • THE WHAT: What do you stand for as a journalist? • MORE WHAT: What values/principles do you uphold? • THE WHY: Why do you hold those values/principles? • THE WHO: Whose theory(ies) underpin your ethics? • THE HOW: How will you do that? (process you’ll follow)
- 13. A RESOURCE: PRINCIPLES SUGGESTED BY ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION FOR DIY ETHICS • Tell the truth • Don’t plagiarize • Don’t take money • Be responsible to the public • Correct your errors
- 14. ONA: MAKE A BASIC CHOICE • Are you an independent, impartial journalist? • Or a journalist with a particular point of view? • Decide and be transparent about your choice
- 15. AMONG ONA’S 40 QUESTIONS: • Will you consider removing mistaken reports? • Under what circumstances will you quote hate speech? • What will guide editing of your photos? • How will you approach coverage of suicides? • How will you conduct yourself on social networks?
- 16. SNAPSHOT OF FINAL PAPER DUE 7 A.M. FRIDAY 31 JULY • Describe a dimension of media ethics that needs work • Describe the research you’ll do in support of your thesis • Explain how this reform or rethinking fits with your personal ethics guidelines • See discussion of Final Paper in syllabus: bit.ly/SummerEthis • This is an outline aimed at feedback, not the paper itself
- 17. REVIEW OF READINGS: FORMS OF PLAGIARISM • Appropriation plagiarism • Research plagiarism • Idea plagiarism • Self plagiarism
- 18. DETECTION CHALLENGES WITH PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION • How detect plagiarism? • How detect fabrication?
- 19. COMMON EXCUSES FOR PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION • So much pressure, plagiarism as the only way out • No one will ever know • Deceit in service of greater truth
- 20. LESSONS LEARNED FROM CELEBRATED CASES OF PLAGIARISM, FABRICATION • Readers often reluctant to speak up • Power of a big dog in the newsroom • Editors (and other reporters) reluctant to go out on a limb
- 21. NYT’S JAYSON BLAIR ON THE NUTS & BOLTS OF PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION
- 22. BLAIR GRILLED BY KATIE COURIC
- 23. THE REPORTER BLAIR STOLE FROM: MACARENA HERNANDEZ
- 24. THE GUY IN CHARGE : PUBLISHER ARTHUR SULZBERGER
- 25. WHAT FAKED JOURNALISM FEELS LIKE FROM THE INSIDE
- 26. HOW TO GUARD AGAINST WHAT GLASS DID?
- 27. Hanna Rosin tracks down Glass 16 years later: http://bit.ly/RosinonGlass HELLO, MY NAME IS STEPHEN GLASS AND I’M SORRY
- 28. ASSIGNMENTS: • For all assignments, see bit.ly/EthicsAssignments • Reading: Chapters 11 & 18 in Foreman book • By 7 a.m. Friday 31 July: Snapshot of your final paper (final version due 7 a.m. Friday Aug. 21) • By 7 a.m. Sunday 2 August: A post to your blog • By 3 p.m. Monday 3 August: A comment about a classmate’s post • By 7 a.m. Friday 7 August: Final version of your personal ethics guidelines