Disturbing images: public’s right to know
vs. invasion of privacy QT18
A 9-year-old girl, burning from napalm, runs naked down a Vietnam road. A vulture watches a Sudanese child, emaciated from famine, crawl...
Read MoreWhat we learn by covering tragedy
by Lori Keekley When I first signed up for this week’s blog, I was excited to write because it’s Banned Books Week. However, I scrapped...
Read MoreCovering controversy QT17
Journalism is not public relations. Although some administrators would like for students to only publish “positive” stories, a...
Read MoreFake news is like a social disease;
we need to treat more than its wounds
by John Bowen, MJE The spread of fake news is like a socially transmitted disease for which we now only treat the wounds, Kelly McBride,...
Read MoreTakedown requests:
when the right to preserve history
conflicts with the desire to forget it QT13
Blog by Kristin Taylor As more student newspapers move to digital platforms, editors and advisers are facing a new and insidious form of...
Read MoreAllowing sources to preview content
is ethically questionable QT12
The newest reporter on staff chooses to cover the story about the Science Department’s new policy on studying animal life. To do so, she...
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