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Ethics in journalism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Ron F.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2008]
Edition:6th ed.
Subjects:
Journalistic ethics > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Principles and guidelines.
  • The search for principles
  • The study of ethics
  • pt. 2. Telling the truth.
  • Truth and objectivity
  • Errors
  • Transparency
  • Faking the news
  • pt. 3. Reporting the news.
  • Working with sources
  • The government watch
  • The shady world of unnamed sources
  • Deception
  • pt. 4. Compassion and the journalist.
  • Compassion, privacy, and ordinary citizens
  • Privacy for political leaders
  • Compassion and photographers
  • pt. 5. Conflicts of interest.
  • Journalists and their communities
  • Freebies and financial concerns
  • The business of journalism
  • Discussion of cases.