Tags
Ethics
‘I need rules’
Jonah Lehrer says he still intends to pursue writing
By Curtis Brainard Feb 12, 2013 at 06:00 PM
In his first public appearance since revelations of fabrication and plagiarism derailed his career last year, science writer Jonah Lehrer... More
Absence of Malice (1981)
When bad journalism kills
By Lauren Kirchner Jul 15, 2011 at 10:51 AM
When I was a student in journalism school, in the beginning of my first semester, one of the professors of... More
News of the World and U.S. Media Culture
By Ryan Chittum Jul 6, 2011 at 08:17 PM
I was asked an interesting question earlier today by a BBC producer who wanted to know about the American angle... More
WSJ Column Raises Ethics Issues
By Felix Salmon Apr 19, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Last week, Ira Stoll took issue with Dennis Berman's column on SharesPost and SecondMarket, on the grounds that Berman lied... More
A reporter is fired; colleagues quit in protest
The Hudson Register-Star reporter refused to include information in his story
By Peter Sterne Nov 19, 2012 at 02:40 PM
On November 8, Tom Casey, a reporter at the Hudson Register-Star, a community paper in upstate New York, wrote an... More
Another Cozy TV-Hospital Partnership
Will the practice ever end?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Once more, a large hospital system has climbed in bed with a friendly TV station to promote high-end services, using... More
Bloomberg, Uncovered
A news organization that won’t report on itself
By Ryan Chittum Mar 6, 2012 at 06:23 PM
Gothamist flags this gem down deep in a Bloomberg News story on its new Billionaire's Index: Bloomberg News editorial policy... More
Heartland, Gleick, and Media Law
Experts weigh in on leaks and deceptive tactics
By Curtis Brainard Mar 1, 2012 at 02:00 PM
When, if ever, are deceptive tactics legally or ethically permissible in journalism? An old debate over that question has raged... More
It’s about the rider
Sports reporters flex their scientific muscle in Armstrong doping coverage
By Declan Fahy Sep 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles after he refused to continue fighting claims he... More
Journalism ethics in a digital age
A Poynter conference this week provoked good discussion but presupposed an old definition of journalism
By Kira Goldenberg Oct 26, 2012 at 01:13 PM
On Tuesday, in the midst of wonky Poynter conference dialogue about how to reimagine journalism ethics for a digital age,... More
No, Actually, News of the World Won’t Happen Here
By Dean Starkman Jul 25, 2011 at 11:11 AM
In a recent spasm of radio and TV interviews about #hackgate the last couple weeks, everyone wanted to know whether... More
NPR Rethinks Its Reporting
Will “he said/she said” go away for good?
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2012 at 02:10 PM
Last week, NPR released a new ethics document that the blogosphere announced would end the “he said/she said” reporting the... More
POWs, Dead Dictators, and Journalistic Ethics
Would any journalist have turned down the opportunity to interview Gilad Shalit?
By Lawrence Pintak Oct 27, 2011 at 02:11 PM
The young Iranian prisoner was no more than fourteen, still caked with a thick layer of dust from the battlefield.... More
Risk Reporting 101
What journalists should know about hazards and exposure
By David Ropeik Mar 11, 2011 at 04:12 PM
During my years as a daily TV journalist in Boston, I covered a seemingly endless string of risks: from the... More
The Bloomberg terminal scandal
Not nearly in the Murdoch hacking league, but it requires a cultural shift
By Ryan Chittum May 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Bloomberg terminal-snooping story is a serious ethics problem, but I've read some awfully hysterical takes on it in the... More
The Ethics of Social News Apps
By Ryan Chittum Apr 6, 2012 at 04:02 PM
I don't know about you but my Facebook feed has gotten creepy and cringeworthy these days, and it's thanks to... More
UPDATED: Beck’s Blaze Comes To NPR’s Defense (Sort Of)
By Joel Meares Mar 11, 2011 at 05:15 PM
I spoke on a media roundtable today on a San Francisco public radio station about the NPR/Schiller(s) controversy. Before we... More
UPI shirks responsibility
Raeburn takes wire to task for cribbing from Science News
By Curtis Brainard Aug 17, 2012 at 04:10 PM
The plagiarism, or problematic paraphrasing, parade continued on Thursday as several reporters from Science News complained on Facebook that the... More
When Journalists Take Money From Wall Street
By Felix Salmon Mar 20, 2012 at 02:12 PM
Many thanks to Paul Starobin for getting to the bottom of the question of journalists being paid by Wall Street... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
