Dean Wright on Online Journalism Ethics
In the following video, Journalist Dean Wright gives advice on "Transparency" and how "Citizen Journalists" can gain the trust of their readers. I think this is very useful information. Your thoughts?
This is the website for the senior-level Journalism Ethics course required of students in the Journalism Minor at the University of San Francisco. We are delighted that non-minors are among us this Fall.
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While it was amusing enough to watch Dean Wright talk without opening his mouth, he does offer viewers key advice in being a moral and ethical journalist. While basic ("don't be biased") and somewhat obvious ("be honest"), he does touch on all the key points in being a stand-up journalist, which includes admitting fault, which can be quite hard to do. No one likes a Correction's Box. This video would probably serve very useful in a Beginning Reporting class.
I'm imagining a somewhat naive but fundamentally fair-minded would-be journalist listening to this and learning some new things. I don't know how many people fit that description. I have to admit I'd never thought about calling a blog's "who-am-I?" box a mission statement. I think that's a good way to frame it. As for running a comments section, I agree absolutely 100 percent, but I would have added: But you are going to have to moderate it to keep it from descending into gibberish, pique and mindless vituperation.
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