Explainer: A time to turn a blind eye
What happens when a reporter violates the sanctity of the locker room? Brandon Weiss explains what happened when Canucks beat writer Jason Botchford crossed the ethical line.
What happens when a reporter violates the sanctity of the locker room? Brandon Weiss explains what happened when Canucks beat writer Jason Botchford crossed the ethical line.
Award-winning investigative reporter Richard Baker will be speaking at La Trobe University this afternoon.
As the global press holds off on reporting the name of an Australian ‘star’ arrested by Scotland Yard detectives last week, Harvey Biggs explores the media’s role in informing the public sphere.
What happens when a reporter violates the sanctity of the locker room? Brandon Weiss explains what happened when Canucks beat writer Jason Botchford crossed the ethical line.
Award-winning investigative reporter Richard Baker will be speaking at La Trobe University this afternoon.
As the global press holds off on reporting the name of an Australian ‘star’ arrested by Scotland Yard detectives last week, Harvey Biggs explores the media’s role in informing the public sphere.
This afternoon at 4, join author, journalist and blogger Margaret Simons at La Trobe University’s Dilemmas in Journalism class to discuss ethics and online journalism. The lecture will be held in the Economics Lecture Theatre and everyone is welcome.
How should journalists factor ethical issues such as the right to privacy while chasing a story? A recent piece by Margaret Simons addressing this very issue has been selected by Tammy Lovett as one of the 100 articles every journalist should read about journalism.
Can the media become more proactive in preventing tragedies rather than just reporting on them? That’s a question raised by Jon Garfunkel in a piece selected by Jarrod Strauch to be the 50th in our series of the ‘100 articles’ that every journalist should read about journalism.
If you submit an anyonmous comment online, do you have the right to have your anonymity protected? That’s the question explored in this latest selection in our ‘100 articles’ that every journalist should read about journalism project.
At noon today, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance’s Mike Dobbie will join La Trobe’s Writing for Media class to discuss journalism ethics on the job. All welcome.
The Dart Centre’s Cait McMahon will join La Trobe Journalism’s Dilemmas in Journalism class next Monday afternoon at 4 pm at the Economics Lecture Theatre to discuss how journalists deal with trauma. All welcome.
The British media agreed to “black out” Prince Harry’s Afghanistan stint, but for the right reasons? A 2008 piece from The Guardian, selected by Kellie Mayo for our ‘100 articles’ list, examines the issues behind the arrangement.
A 1988 Time Magazine article about the ethics of “stealth journalism” raises issues that are more relevant than ever for today, says Jane Hosking in this selection in our ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’ project.
A Vanity Fair profile about legendary plagiarist Stephen Glass is one of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism, says Jean Kemshal-Bell.
‘Journalism ethics, to remain relevant, must undergo a radical change – a philosophical revolution in how it sees itself and understands its values.’ So says Stephen J. A. Ward in his new journalist creed, which has been selected for our ‘100 articles’ project by Sarah Green.
Ally Forward talks ethics, satire and political cartooning with Crikey’s cartoonist, First Dog.
With the rapid convergence of traditional journalism and newer online technologies, many people argue that bloggers should be bound by a Code of Ethics. Matt de Neef provides ten tips for ethical blogging.
What’s the relationship between ethics and quality journalism? Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) spokesman Mike Dobbie talks with Glen Clancy about the importance of ethics in today’s fast-evolving media industry, and his experiences in training journalists in Afghanistan.
Title: Ethics on the job: Mike Dobbie lecture Location: HUED lecture theatre Description: Guest speaker: Mike Dobbie, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) Start Time: