by eet002 | Jun 17, 2019 | Ethics in the News
After the protest in Hong Kong Sunday, Columbia Journalism Review’s Amanda Darrach discusses the importance of and the best way to estimating crowd sizes in news coverage. Two new bills have been introduced to Congress aimed to help hurting newsrooms. The...
by eet002 | Jun 11, 2019 | Ethics in the News
Many news organizations and journalists have pledged to not name the shooter in mass shootings to try to avoid giving perpetrator notoriety. The Columbia Journalism Review has recruited four journalists to serve as public editors for The New York Times, The...
by eet002 | Jun 3, 2019 | Ethics in the News
Large areas around the nation lack access to local broadcast news, called orphan counties. Columbia Journalism Review’s Corey Hutchins chronicles the story of La Plata County, Colorado, and their plea to the FCC to try to get local news. Due to Neilson-drawn...
by eet002 | May 28, 2019 | Ethics in the News, Uncategorized
According to the National Alliance for Mental Illness, one in five adults experiences a mental illness. This means it is very likely that a reporter will interview sources living with mental illness. Poynter gives insight on how reporters should handle the topic in a...
by eet002 | May 20, 2019 | Ethics in the News
Men outnumber women in U.S. newsrooms and in fact-checking positions. Nurses are rarely used as sources in health news, but make up nearly a third of all healthcare professionals. Illinois statehouse press has dwindled in recent years, but an Illinois...
