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Revisiting the ethics in digital media
In addition to the reading that
we were assigned from Patterson, I will be going over some key items from the NPR Ethics Handbook on
social media, as well as key points from the University of Wisconsin
Center for Journalism Ethics.
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Citing written work, Photoshopped pictures,
or otherwise
This is an area that we all have
experience in when we put entries in our blogs. We are encouraged to use
different multimedia aspects to support our arguments, but also to engage our readers.
How diligent are you when you post pictures on social media that are not yours?
How would you feel if your work went "viral" at the hands of somebody
else?
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Verified sources and Twitter’s verification
process.
In 2009 Twitter unveiled a
verification process in which celebrities could provide Twitter with
information that would prove that they are who they claim to be. This is
especially important when it comes to the journalists you follow because even professionals
can be duped
by fake Twitter accounts. I would like to take a look at how important it
is for reporters to be verified by Twitter in order for people to believe what
they are tweeting.
I have three different subjects
that I will be going over as they pertain to chapter nine’s coverage of new
media. I will be focusing mainly on the usage of Twitter's role of breaking
news as well as how it is being used by respected journalists at major news outlets,
local journalists in small-town news outlets, and citizen journalists with no
ties to any news outlets. The three subjects I will be covering are as follows:
Trade Deadlines & Transfer Windows
Sports
fans do not only get excited by the actions that their teams give them when
they are on the field competing against their rivals. Baseball, basketball, and
hockey have trade deadlines which allow teams to get better or worse in the
middle of the season, or in some cases they will do nothing at all. The 24-hour
news cycle allows for national journalists and team beat writers to tell their
followers what they are "hearing" in the days and hours leading up to
the deadline. These journalists tend to use coded language, and name the
positions within the organization where the information is coming from, rather
than putting a name to the person feeding them information. This will
transition into the second subject where I will ask:
Who Are Your Sources?
"A
source within the White House…"
"A
high level front office source…"
"A
source familiar with the situation…"
All
of these are sayings that we hear on news, or see in print, on a daily basis. With
the recent trouble Brian Williams got himself into, it's important to question
the credibility of the person reporting the news as well as the
"source" that is giving the reporter the information.
On The Scene at Sandy Hook, Ferguson, and across
the globe
In
the past three years we have witnessed several tragedies that have unfolded
across all media, but especially on Twitter. I will be showing the coverage
from two national news making events covered by a national reporter, a local
reporter, and a citizen journalist. Each of these reporters has the same job to
do, but I would like to know which reporter covered the event the best. I'd
also like to ask if there were any mistakes that the journalists made.
Questions:
While
I have questions to ask throughout the presentation, these are four questions that
can be answered as part of our blog entries for the next week.
1.
What, if any, is your “go-to” digital news
website? Have they ever been wrong in their online reporting?
2.
Is it ethical to publish a story based strictly on confidential sources?
3.
With regards to Skip Bayless, could you out
somebody as an alcoholic? Why, or why not?
4.
When news is breaking as it did in Egypt,
Ferguson, and Sandy Hook, who would you choose to follow? Pick one of the three
"reporters" on the scene, and explain why you chose them.
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