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Ethics and Journalism
http://www.courier-journal.com/cjextra/columns/platt/platt20020818.html
Pam Platt, public editor of The Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), presents
3 scenarios in this column that address ethical situations often faced by journalists.
Feedback from readers is requested at the end of her piece, and the responses
can be found at http://www.courier-journal.com/cjextra/columns/platt/platt20020922.html.
The Ethics of Online Science Journalism
http://www.imim.es/quark/Articulos/numero7/ethicsof.htm
Bruce Lewenstein prepared this article that claims journalists in the United
States do not discuss the same types of things when discussing ethics. Values
outlined in professional association codes of ethics are addressed but social
and ethical factors are not. Lewenstein discusses the differences between US
and non-US journalist codes, and he explores journalism in the context of science,
ethics and the role of the Internet. The issues outlined in this article were
developed for workshops in Barcelona, Spain; Singapore; Punta del Este, Uruguay
and Sidney, Australia.
JournoPorn: Dissection of the
Time Scandal
http://hotwired.lycos.com/special/pornscare/
Critics claimed that a cover story article that ran in Time magazine
may have been "bogus, error-ridden, or just plain wrong". HotWired
explores this controversy in an October 30, 1995 special report.
Medical Reporter Performs Surgery
in Iraq
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/iraq/sns-ap-war-tv-doctor,1,4039572.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed
Is it medically and morally right for a TV correspondent, who is also a practicing
physician, treat a patient while on assignment? Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon
at Emory University in Atlanta, was reporting on a U.S. Navy medical team for
CNN when he was asked to perform emergency brain surgery on a 2-year old Iraqi
boy. Reactions and responses to Gupta's actions are discussed in this article
from the April 3, 2003 edition of The Chicago Tribune.
News Organization at Brigham Young
U. Returns Awards for Copied Web-Site Design (must be subscribed to The
Chronicle of Higher Education to access)
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/06/2003060302t.htm
NewsNet, a news organization operated by students at Brigham Young University
(BYU), received honors in May for its site design, but they had to decline the
awards because much of the layout came from another site. Two students, who
are no longer at BYU, created the NewsNet site and used many of the style elements
found at the CNET Networks site, Builder.com. This June 3, 2003 article from
The Chronicle of Higher Education examines how this type of plagiarism
occurred and discusses the steps BYU is taking to correct the situation.
Online Journalism Review (OJR):
Ethics
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics
OJR is produced at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University
of Southern California, and its content comes from professional journalists
and editors as well as the faculty, students and staff of Annenberg. The site
was launched March 1, 1998 and is devoted to issues important to online journalists.
Links to various online news ethics stories can be found at this site.
Online Journalists Face New Ethical
Dilemmas: Report from The Netherlands
http://users.fmg.uva.nl/mdeuze/publ15.htm
Daphna Yeshua and Mark Denze, at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research
(ASCoR) developed this "discussion piece" based on their research
project involving online journalists and online journalism graduate students
in The Netherlands. It discusses findings on online journalism in the literature
plus this piece addresses issues surrounding online journalism and the daily
practices of the online journalists involved in the project.
Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/pjethics.html
Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach is the online version of Paul Martin Lester's
book by the same title (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Hillsdale,
NJ, 1991). In the 8 chapters outlined in this online "book", Lester
discusses ethical issues of concern to photojournalists like victims of violence,
picture manipulation and rights to privacy.
Reporter Quits After Deception
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0401140308jan14,1,6251150.story
Jack Kelley resigned from his post at USA Today on January 6, 2004, after
admitting to acts of misconduct involving deception. The paper announced that
it plans to investigate any specific challenges to the reporting of Kelley.
This article, published on January 14, 2004, from the Tribune news services,
discusses the allegations of story fabrication, and presents USA Today's
response to the situation.
Setting the Testbed for Journalistic
Values
http://208.56.40.171/c&s/Goldmark_speech.html
Peter C. Goldmark Jr. , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the International
Herald Tribune prepared this article for the Fourth Annual Aspen Institute
Conference on Journalism and Society. Goldmark discusses whether or not journalistic
ethics and values are dying within the context of elements needed for an independent
media to survive.
Texas Seven Interview Provides
Case Study in Media Ethics
http://www2.drury.edu/rtvj/PDF%20files/March01.Static.pdf
Lee Hood, Teaching Standards Committee Chair of RTVJ, the Radio-Television Journalism
Division of AEJMC, discusses whether or not the decisions made by a Colorado
Springs, CO television station helped law enforcement officials capture two
of the "Texas Seven" fugitives hiding out in their area. Hood presents
criticisms made regarding the stations' decision to give into demands made by
the fugitives and the factors considered by the station in making their decision
to cooperate.
Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves
Long Trail of Deception
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html?th
Jayson Blair, a staff reporter for The New York Times, resigned after numerous
instances of fabrication, plagiarism and journalism fraud were uncovered. Blair,
a prolific writer who had been at the paper for four years, resigned on May
1, 2003 after errors were found in several of his articles and professional
misconduct allegations were varified. Details of how Blair was able to commit
this type of fraud plus what is being done with the on-going investigation are
presented in this article from the May 11, 2003 issue of The New York Times.
Other articles about the Jayson Blair/New York Times plagiarism controversy can be found in numerous resources including the following:
Washington's Scandals Spotlight
Journalistic Ethics, Too
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/03/18/opin/column.1.html
In scandal cases covered by the media, journalists are examining and exposing
the moral and ethical failings of others. John Hughes, editor of the Deseret
News in Salt Lake City, UT, contributed this opinion piece to the March
18, 1998 issue of The Christian Science Monitor and discusses how these
controversies spark journalists to examine their own standards.
Watching the News
http://www.fordfound.org/publications/ff_report/view_ff_report_detail.cfm?report_index=306
In 1999 for 10 months, a documentary crew followed reporters at WCNC, an NBC
affiliate in Charlotte, NC as they chased news leads, visited crime scenes,
put on make-up for a newscast and went about their normal reporting activities.
After over 300 hours of film, PBS viewed five, 1-hour segments outlining how
this station was working to improve their newscast and uncovered some of the
dilemmas they faced in an attempt to make it something beyond sensationalized
news.
Annenberg School of Communications
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/asc/
The Freedom of Information Center
http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww/index.html
This University of Missouri School of Journalism (Columbia) "library"
was established in 1958 and was central to the enactment of a national Freedom
of Information Act. Currently the Center's collection contains over one million
articles addressing the issue of access to information at the federal, state
and local levels. Many of these articles can be found at this Web site.
Institute for Applied & Professional
Ethics
http://freud.citl.ohiou.edu/ethics/
Ohio University's Department of Philosophy, College of Business and School of
Journalism have teamed up to develop the Institute for Applied & Professional
Ethics. The Institute is dedicated to "promoting the application of fundamental
ethical techniques to decision-making in an ever-changing world". One of
its many initiatives is to offer online help for any ethics questions including
ones in the area of journalism.
Two arenas to ask questions and discuss ethical issues include posting questions to the e-team and submitting topics of discussion to the e-forum.
Institute for Global Ethics (IGE)
http://www.globalethics.org/
IGE is an organization dedicated to promoting "ethical behavior in individuals,
institutions, and nations through research, public discourse, and practical
action". Sections of note on the IGE Web site include the Dilemma Database:
Right vs. Right (http://www.globalethics.org/dilemmas/default.tmpl)
and the links to other ethics sites (http://www.globalethics.org/about/links.html#edu).
International Center for Information
Ethics (ICIE)
http://icie.zkm.de
ICIE is an academic Web site that acts as a forum for the exchange of information
about teaching and research in the area of information ethics. Links to news,
institutions with information ethics programs, people teaching in this field
and other resources can be found at this site.
The Joan Shorenstein Center on
the Press, Politics and Public Policy
http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/presspol/
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy is a center
at Harvard University that conducts research in areas such as U.S. campaigns
& elections, journalism & public policy and gender & the press.
It was established in September 1986 with the help of a gift from Walter H.
and Phyllis J. Shorenstein in memory of their daughter Joan Shorenstein Barone.
Joan was known as a journalist who was dedicated to "accurate, thorough
and dignified reporting of current events".
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was founded in 1986 and has grown into
one of the most active university applied ethics centers in the country. It
is based at Santa Clara University, and was initially funded by an endowment
by Linda and A. C. "Mike" Markkula Jr. Articles, cases, briefings
and dialogue in all areas of applied ethics can be found at this online center.
Media Ethics Resources on WWW--Centre
for Applied Ethics (CAE)
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/media
The Centre for Applied Ethics was created in 1993 by the University of British
Columbia's Board of Governors as an interdisciplinary research center. Their
goal is to advance research in the area of applied ethics, and their site includes
resources in areas such as health care, business, animal welfare & use,
and the media. The section on media ethics has links to other related institutions
& organizations, publications and specific topics of interest like censorship
and photo manipulation. This page is maintained for the CAE by Chris MacDonald,
author of EthicsWeb.ca.
Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/departments/payneawards
The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism were established in 1999 at the School
of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. These awards, given
out annually, are presented to student journalists, professionals in the field
and news organizations. The awards are designed to "reward performance
that encourages public trust in the media".
The Pew Center For Civic Journalism
http://www.pewcenter.org/index.php
The Pew Center for Civic Journalism, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts
and based in Washington, D. C., was developed to be "an incubator for civic
journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create and refine better
ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life". Since its
enactment, the Center has helped over 107 different initiatives in this area.
The Pew Research Center for the
People & the Press
http://people-press.org
Formerly known as the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press (1990-1995)
and now sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Pew Research Center for
the People & the Press, is an independent opinion research group that studies
public attitudes toward the press and public policy issues. They also examine
trends in values and social issues.
Poynter.org
http://www.poynter.org
Nelson Poynter, once a publisher for the St. Petersburg Times, founded
the Poynter Center to act as a vehicle that would add academic excellence to
the field of journalism. The motto of the Center is "everything you need
to be a better journalist".
The Silha Center for the Study
of Media Ethics and Law
http://www.silha.umn.edu
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota
is the home of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law. Otto
and Helen Silha provided an endowment for the development of the Center, and
it was established in 1984. Major projects of the Center include 1) media
accountability; 2) points of convergence of media ethics & law; and
3) libel & privacy.
First Amendment Handbook
http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/viewpage.cgi
The First Amendment Handbook was first produced in 1986 as a tool produced by
the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press as part of their initiative
to provide legal advice to reporters. This publication has been updated on a
regular basis, and the entire handbook can be accessed at this site. This 10
chapter document covers issues such as copyright, freedom of information, gag
orders and libel.
The Bob Greene Scandal
The highly respected Chicago Tribune columnist, Bob Greene, resigned
during the weekend of September 15, 2002 over an incident that happened several
years ago with a female, high school student. Greene's resignation and the investigation
of the allegations by the Tribune and other news outlets have sparked lots of
dialogue over the ethics surrounding this situation. The following are merely
a few of the articles discussing this situation.
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com
American Society of Newspaper
Editors (ASNE)
http://www.asne.org
ASNE is the "main organization of daily newspaper editors in America".
The organization began in 1912 from a discussion around a campfire in Glacier
National Park (Montana). Numerous resources are available at this site, including
first amendment information.
Specific examples of types of codes found in this section include the following:
Association for Education in Journalism
& Mass Communication (AEJMC)
http://www.aejmc.org/
AEJMC exists to "promote the highest possible standards for education in
journalism and mass communication, to encourage the widest possible range of
communication research, to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural
society in the classroom and curriculum, and to defend and maintain freedom
of expression in day-to-day living". This organization has 8 special interest
groups and 2 commissions. The Media Ethics Division is merely one of 17 divisions
that are associated with AEJMC.
Association for Practical and
Professional Ethics
http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~appe/home.html
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics was founded in 1991 with
the support of Indiana University and a Lilly Endowment. Their mission is to
"encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching of high quality in
practical and professional ethics by educators and practitioners". This
site includes association information, activities, publications, and electronic
networking opportunities.
Chicago Headline Club: A Chapter
of the Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.headlineclub.org
The Chicago Headline Club is made up of a Chicagoans in the communications business,
and those in the Headline Club are also members of the Society of Professional
Journalists (SPJ).
Codes of Ethics Online: Media
http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/PublicWWW/codes/media.html
Codes of Ethics Online is a list of media organization and association codes
compiled by the Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the Study of Ethics
in the Professions. International groups are also represented at this site.
College Media Advisers: Code of
Ethical Behavior
http://www.collegemedia.org/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/79879.html
College Media Advisers is a professional association for college students and
the media advisors. The mission of the group is to:
Committee of Concerned Journalists
(CCJ)
http://www.journalism.org/who/ccj/default.asp
CCJ is a group of journalists representing all facets of the profession, including
reporters, editors and producers, who are concerned about the future of the
profession. One thing the group has attempted is to spark a national dialogue
about concerns and principles among journalists. Workshops, forums, statements
and surveys are ways CCJ has worked to encourage these conversations.
European Codes of Journalism Ethics
http://www.uta.fi/ethicnet
The core of this extensive collection was the result of several projects conducted
in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of
Tampere (Finland). Codes from "most" European countries are represented
at this site, and all codes have been translated into English. The following
are two examples from this site:
International Journalists' Network
(IJNet): Code of Ethics
http://www.ijnet.org/code.html
IJNet, an organization based in Washington, D.C., provides an extensive list
of codes from around the world. Information on media laws and other resources
can also be found at this site. One section to check out is Training Resources,
which includes journalism ethics materials and links to useful Web sites. The
Training Resources section can be found at http://www.ijnet.org/Training_Materials/Journalism_Ethics.html.
JEA Press Rights Commission
http://jeapressrights.org
JEA, the Journalism Educational Association (http://www.jea.org/),
was founded in 1924 and is now located on the campus of the University of Kansas,
Manhattan. It is the "only independent national scholastic journalism organization
for teachers and students". The Press Rights Commission portion of JEA's
online resources was launched in April 2002, and sections of this site are under
construction. Information currently available at the site include topics such
as law & ethics links, policies and exercises & activities related to
journalism issues.
National Press Club Online
http://npc.press.org/
The National Press Club was founded in March 1908, and currently boasts 4200
members. Its purpose is to be a "center for the advancement of their professional
standards and skills, the promotion of free expression, mutual support and social
fellowship".
National Press Photographers Association
(NPPA): Ethics
http://www.nppa.org/services/bizpract/ethicsdefault.html
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) section on ethics provides
links to the NPPA code of ethics, their digital code of ethics, plus articles,
books and videos related to this topic.
Radio-Television News Directors
Association & Foundation (RTNDA)
http://www.rtnda.org
RTNDA is the "world's largest professional organization devoted to electronic
journalists". Over 3000 news directors from more than 30 countries belong
to RTNDA.
Society of Professional Journalists
(SPJ)
http://www.spj.org
SPJ, a professional organization based in Indianapolis, IN, is focused on maintaining
an independent media while promoting high ethical standards among journalists.
World Press Institute (WPI): Global
Journalism Ethics
http://www.macalester.edu/~wpi/ethics.htm
Stephen J. Ward, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Journalism
at the University of British Columbia, is the editor of this ethics forum. The
site provides featured topics for discussion, and journalists can participate
in online discussions or present ideas for future dialogue.
Accuracy in Media (AIM): For Fairness,
Balance and Accuracy in News Reporting
http://www.aim.org
AIM is a non-profit "watchdog" organization whose mission is to "encourage
members of the media to report the news fairly and objectively--without resorting
to bias or partisanship". This organization uncovers inaccurate news stories
and attempts to present the information in a truthful, unbiased light.
CAMERA
http://world.std.com/%7Ecamera
CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, is a
non-denominational organization that works to encourage reporters and the media
to provide balanced coverage of the events in the Middle East, especially between
Israel and Palestine. The CAMERA staff monitor and review stories coming out
of the Middle East, and they contact reporters about biased coverage. Reports
of this nature are posted at this site.
Communication Studies Resources:
Media Watchers and Activists
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ecommstud/resources/media/mediawatch.html
Karla Tonella, Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa,
developed and continues to maintain this site. A list of annotated resources
to regional, narrowly-focused and national media watchers are provided.
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
(FAIR): The National Media Watch Group
http://www.fair.org
FAIR has been working to promote balanced and unbiased reporting since 1986.
The group works with journalists and activists to carry out this task. Links
to articles pointing out media blunders are provided.
The Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org
The Freedom Forum is a non-partisan group based in Arlington, VA that is dedicated
to "free press, free speech and free spirit for all people". This
foundation was founded in 1991 by Allen H. Neuharth, and succeeded one founded
in 1935 by Frank Gannett. The Freedom Forum is not connected in any way to the
Gannett Company.
Grade the News
http://www.gradethenews.org/
Grade the News is a special project of KTEH, the public television station affiliated
with Stanford University. Those associated with this project include journalists,
ethicists, professors and members of the public who are concerned about the
quality of the news.
Media Research Center (MRC)
http://www.mediaresearch.org/
In 1987, a group of young conservatives banded together to expose the liberal
biases they believe were prevalent in the news media. They developed the Media
Research Center, currently based in Alexandria, VA to be an educational organization
dedicated to bringing balance to journalism. MRC claims to be "the leader
in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias".
Minnesota News Council
http://www.mtn.org/~newscncl
After 28 years in operation, the mission of the Minnesota News Council is still
to "promote fair, vigorous and trusted journalism by creating a forum where
the public and the news media can engage each other in examining standards of
fairness". The organization provides public forums, workshops and other
events. They also accept formal and informal complaints about news coverage
with the goal of creating awareness and reducing the number of issues warranting
a complaint.
PressWise
http://www.presswise.org.uk
PressWise is a charity that was established in 1993 by "victims of press
abuse". The group believes that journalists operate on behalf of the public,
and PressWise works to promote ethical journalism standards and assist those
with complaints about the media. They also provide research in areas dealing
with media laws and regulations.
Asia Media Ethics
http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/journalism/AJNET/ethics.html
Asia Media Ethics is one of the resources found on the Asian Journalism Network
(AJNet) site (http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/journalism/AJNET/).
Codes of ethics from various regions of Asia, like India, Malaysia and Australia
are provided. Information for countries, like Cambodia, Japan and South Korea
are not posted at this time, but they will be added to the site as they become
available.
Can We Tape?
http://www.rcfp.org/taping/index.html
Journalists often tape record phone calls as a tool in their reporting. Many
obtain consent from the interviewee, but some do not. Each state has different
rules and regulations regarding the act of taping phone conversations, and this
site outlines those laws. Policies regarding hidden cameras are also addressed.
Civic Journalism: A New Approach
to Citizenship
http://www.cpn.org/topics/communication/civicjourn_new.html
Lewis A. Friedland, Jay Rosen and Lisa Austin prepared this article for the
American Civic Forum. They suggest that reporters and news outlets have a responsibility
to the public to provide them with the data needed for them to make informed
decisions that shape the entire community. More civic journalism resources,
including case studies, can be found at http://www.cpn.org/topics/communication/index.html.
Creating a Code of Ethics for
Your Organization
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes/
Chris MacDonald, PhD, Philosophy Department, St. Mary's University (Halifax,
Canada) has put together this site with links to resources to assist individuals
and groups in the process of developing a code of ethics. He discusses why organizations
and institutions should even have a code and provides guidance in writing one.
He also provides links to essays on ethics, sample codes and contacts for ethics
consultants.
MacDonald has also worked on several other ethics sites including the following:
Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists
http://www.ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org
Loyola University Chicago Center for Ethics & Social Justice and the Chicago
Headline Club Chapter of the SPJ teamed up in January 2001 to provide this free
public service to area journalists. Most questions are answered within 24 hours
by volunteers who have been trained in journalism ethics. Volunteers for this
service are people who either teach ethics or work with ethics on a professional
level.
Ethics Case Study Detail
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/Detail.asp?ID=52
Robert F. Ladenson, Department of Philosophy at the Illinois Institute
of Technology, prepared this case study involving a New York Times reporter
and minors who were interviewed for a story without parental consent. This is
merely one of numerous cases presented in a section of the Ethics Updates site
(http://ethics.sandiego.edu/index.html),
edited by Lawrence M. Hinman.
The complete list of case studies can be found at http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/HomeOverview.asp.
Ethics for Digital Information
Providers
http://www.elon.edu/andersj/ethics.html
Janna Quitney Anderson, a professor at the Elon University School of Communications
(Elon, NC), conducted a survey in 2000 about ethical standards practiced by
those working with online media. The survey received an "overwhelming"
response from industry professionals. One thing that came out of the survey,
however, was that many involved in this rapidly evolving environment were not
upholding the level of ethical standards that are practiced with more traditional
information outlets.
Ethics on Campus: Journalism &
College Newspapers
http://members.tripod.com/Islander/indyethics.html
Francis A. Rizzo III was a senior in the School of Communications at Hofstra
University when he created this site as part of an independent study project.
Some of the issues Rizzo addresses at this site include how to cover classmates,
to what extent can a college newspaper reporter criticize a student athlete
and can school advertising dollars affect coverage.
Rizzo also worked on another independent project entitled, Journalism in the New Media, and the site can be found at http://members.tripod.com/Islander/disclosureframe.html.
Ethics on the World Wide Web
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/media.html
The School of Communications at California State University, Fullerton developed
this ethics site that contains information on associations, codes and topic
areas such as journalism.
A complete list of ethics topics
can be found at
http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/ethics/ethics_list.html.
Journalism Ethics Cases Online
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/Ethics/
The School of Journalism at Indiana University has pulled together this often
cited list of journalism ethics cases. Barry Bingham Jr. developed the core
set of cases found at this site, and they were initially published in his newsletter,
FineLine. Cases are designed to be used by teachers, researchers, professional
journalists and anyone interested in media ethics.
Media Ethics Resources
http://www.mediaethics.ca
Media Ethics Resources is one of the many sites found on the EthicsWeb.ca site
(http://www.ethicsweb.ca/)
operated by Chris MacDonald. This site has links to Canadian resources, international
resources, media ethics in the news and other ethics articles.
Mystery of the Missing Pole
http://www.cris.com/~Mppa/ethics.html
In May 1995, Life Magazine published John Filo's famous photo of Mary
Ann Vecchio next to the body of Jeffery Miller at Kent State on May 4, 1970
after National Guardsmen fired shots into a group of students, killing 4. This
site provides comments taken primarily from the National Press Photographers
Association listserv, NPPA-L, and discusses the changes made to the copy that
ran in Life verses the original photo from 1970.
Online NewsHour: Media Watch
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media
Media Watch is a section of the online version of the program "NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer on PBS". Links to NewsHour segments plus media critiques,
media study centers, media organizations and online reports are provided.
The Project for Excellence in
Journalism
http://www.journalism.org
The Project for Excellence in Journalism is part of the Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism with funding provided by the Pew Charitable Trust.
It started as an initiative by journalists to "clarify and raise the standards
of American journalism".
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com
Additional ethics resources can be found at the following sites.
Bioethics. See also the Biotechnology Web Page (UIUC)
Social Science Ethics: A Bibliography
*This site is an adaptation of Web pages I created for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Created by Sharon
Stoerger MLS, MBA
©October 12, 2002
Updated January 20, 2004