Ethics
A new app bridges the gap between journalists and computer engineers to keep sources safe and provide a secure system for reporting, via Columbia Journalism Review.
Among Alabama Media Group’s sweeping layoffs is Birmingham News’s last black reporter. The paper says it is moving to a more digital focus, but according to U.S. census data the city serves a readership that is 73.4 percent black. Benet J. Wilson raises concerns with what the layoff means for the paper’s relationship with the African American community.
And what about reporting on the AshleyMadison leaks?
According to the Washington Post the data breach story is less about the ethics of users and more about cyber security in general.
Mathew Ingram at Forbes argues it does not matter how traditional media and journalists view the ethical issues of covering the names on the list because everyone with access to the Internet is a part of the publishing media.