Ethical principles and considerations
If your students have to make takedown decisions, the legal advice is essential. Just as important are the various ethical possibilities,...
Read MoreStudents Tackle Coverage of Rape Culture
Fourth in a series of articles about student journalism that makes a difference Jane Blystone, MJE Covering a taboo topic like “rape...
Read MoreDecision-making continues long after a story posts
by Sarah Nichols, MJE Does a story posted online lose value over time? Is it as important to our readers — and to our media organization —...
Read MoreSifting through the sources: how to really know which source has the ‘truth’
by John Bowen In their book, “Blur: How to know what’s true in the age of information overload,” Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel speak of a...
Read MoreGround rules are best set first
by Candace Bowen “But of course that is off the record,” he said after my students had been interviewing him for at least 45 minutes. In...
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