PressEthic

I probably wouldn’t have given this a second thought and just believed what was written before last week. I suppose I’m becoming more skeptical, I just hope I’m not becoming more cynical.

A new identity for the broadcast press?

Is the use of hidden cameras in the US only permitted when the objects of secret footage lack the financial resources to undertake litigation against journalists? Do journalists have a duty to expose facts which are damaging to the public good?

As newspapers look for alternate sources of revenue, will it become increasingly difficult for bloggers to link to sources of free news content?

Just like The Andy Griffith Show and Leave it to Beaver have been replaced by Cops and Family Guy, so too has the public’s taste for the sensational and dysfunctional bled into the nightly news.

Interesting? Maybe. Funny? Sure. But is the President’s bathroom break really news?

The "Funny Pages" may have more in common with a recent work of philosophy than you may think.

How insatiable is out appetite for drama in the news?

Covering disasters can leave reporters scarred.

On September 7, recall supporters trying to oust Spokane, Washington Mayor Jim West collected the 12,700 names needed for a recall, according to the Spokesman-Review.

Expanding news coverage would not only bring an American sense of inclusion with the rest of the world, but would also make us see how other countries handle problems and (gasp!) perhaps encourage us to use some of their more successful tactics.

College student Jillian Bandes was fired from her school newspaper after three of her sources complained about being misrepresented.

The New York Times ran an article this past Thursday about the new iPod Nano. The story, written by David Pogue, ran on the front page of the Business Section. Pogue praises Apple’s latest music player, calling it “a tiny, flat, shiny wafer of powerful sound.”

Quality Tabloid -- not such an oxymoron after all.

Journalists should be vigilant no to be used or given wrong information by sources. They should also expect that sources, especially officials, are not as helpful as they imagine