Stories We’re Following this Week
Ethics
The Columbia Journalism Review asks whether journalists should be writing about the users of Ashley Madison or the hackers.
Speaking of data leaks, Paul Bradshaw has provided a working journalism ethics code for using or covering leaked data and documents
Poynter and the Columbia Journalism Review have gathered some material to aid news organizations moving forward with their coverage of the WDBJ7 shooting.
Stephen J. A. Ward laid out his plans for a ‘radical new framework’ to help bring media ethics into the digital age.
Diversity
Thomas McBee called Vanity Fair’s transgender special issue into question for not featuring a single transgender writer or editor.
Journalism Education
It’s cheap, it’s easy and it’s changing the way audiences connect with news; podcasting is the future. Julie Gardner Banville answers why every journalism school should be teaching podcasting to every student.
Some journalism students are taking up to 6 years to finish a degree at some j-schools. Tara Golshan at MediaShift cites top-loaded curriculums, budgets and poor advising as factors.