Class 4 jrnl 6202

PERSPECTIVES ON JOURNALISM ETHICS JRNL 6202 SUMMER II 2015

• Instructor: Bill Mitchell • 27 July 2015 | Northeastern Univ.

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.

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.

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

CORRECT THAT ERROR

JUST AS IMPORTANT: THE MARGIN OF ERROR

MY EMAIL TO THE REPORTER

THE REPORTER’S RESPONSE

THE CORRECTION:

EMILY ON THE POWER OF HASHTAGS

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)

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

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

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?

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 syllbaus: bit.ly/SummerEthics

• This is an outline aimed at feedback, not the paper itself

REVIEW OF READINGS:FORMS OF PLAGIARISM

• Appropriation plagiarism

• Research plagiarism

• Idea plagiarism

• Self plagiarism

DETECTION CHALLENGES WITH PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION

• How detect plagiarism?

• How detect fabrication?

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

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

NYT’S JAYSON BLAIR ON THE NUTS & BOLTS OF

PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION

BLAIR GRILLED BY KATIE COURIC

THE REPORTER BLAIR STOLE FROM: MACARENA HERNANDEZ

THE GUY IN CHARGE : PUBLISHER ARTHUR SULZBERGER

WHAT FAKED JOURNALISM FEELS LIKE FROM THE INSIDE

HOW TO GUARD AGAINST WHAT GLASS DID?

Hanna Rosin tracks down Glass 16 years later:

http://bit.ly/RosinonGlass

HELLO, MY NAME IS STEPHEN GLASS AND I’M SORRY

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