PressEthic - A Look at Media Ethics

'Conspiracy Theories'

Emily Flitter — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:01:02 -0500

Al Jazeera's playful category includes news not to be found elsewhere. But are the stories just hot air, or does somebody actually believe them?

Just One

Kevin Scott Jones — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:49:50 -0500

Just one video camera, or cell phone, can document what no one else sees. Those images can be posted on the web or emailed and reach an audience of global proportions. The capability, and potential, technology places in the hands of individuals can move governments.

Fingers Do The Talking

Kevin Scott Jones — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:45:24 -0500

FOX News, last night, aired a sidebar about the gap between parents and teenagers in their usage of text messaging. SMS is yet another method, and conduit, for communication but also for information and a new kind of journalism.

France 24: French Values First, International News Second

Malika Worrall — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:27:07 -0500

Yesterday, France launched its new 24-hour global news channel, which is originally entitled: France 24. The network, which was opened with an online newscast on Wednesday and will begin broadcasting on cable TV today, expects to jostle for space amongst established players such as CNN and BBC World, and the recently launched English-language Al-Jazeera.

Asking the Tough Question: Am I Cut Out to be a Journalist?

Michael Luke — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:02:53 -0500

"I'm a journalism grad student at a pretty good j-school, but I feel more and more like I've made a huge mistake.

The thing is, I'm shy. Or rather, I'm deeply afraid of people -- of talking to them, of asking them nosy questions about their lives. Left to my own devices, I'd stay in my room, do nothing and never go out," writes Scared Scribbler in a Salon piece.

Justify My Love

Jennifer Bergin — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:19:28 -0500

Is Cosmo really so awful?

Unsafe Sexton

Jennifer Bergin — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:18:59 -0500

NYU President John Sexton urges Stephen Colbert to be all he can be.

NY Post Shows Bias

Vanessa Kitchen — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:07:16 -0500

Unlike many newspapers today, who are reporting favorably about the Iraq Study Group, the New York Post has a picture of the two chairman of the Iraq Study Group on the cover of the paper with their heads plastered atop pictures of chimpanzees. The caption reads, "Surrender Monkeys: Iraq Panel Urges U.S. to Give Up." The article is dripping with bias.

Hard-Hitting Mexican TV Reports Used to Block Competition

Malika Worrall — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:28:43 -0500

The two main television networks in Mexico have recently devoted a lot of air time to hard hitting news reports depicting the suffering of the poor. The motivations behind the reporting, however, are not all they seem.

Do You Have a Color TV?

Todd Watson — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:25:24 -0500

No you don't