Stories We’re Following 3/27/17

Benny Johnson, a reporter with the Independent Journalism Review, was accused of plagiarism by fellow staffers in 2015, just one year after being fired from Buzzfeed for 41 instances of plagiarism, Poynter reported. Additionally, Poynter reported, “Johnson,...

Ethics Stories We’re Following 8/5

Poynter wrote an article outlining four tips to avoid plagiarism. The Columbia Journalism Review looked at how journalists covering Trump are facing many of the same ethical questions Murrow faced. On the Media discussed the realities of immigration with a Princeton...

7 Ethics Stories We’re Following

Authorities in Nice urged people to be responsible with social media in the wake of a terrorist attack. Poynter referred back to On The Media’s Breaking News Handbook as a reminder of good practices for journalists reporting on terrorism. BuzzFeed has created a...

Stories We’re Following 7/7/16

Poynter examined a report which asks whether journalists should be neutral in their reporting of ISIS. The Columbia Journalism Review discussed why media professionals have not been able to gain access to the recorded 911 calls from the June 12 shooting at Pulse...

12 Ethics Stories We’re Following 09/02/15

Ethics A  photograph of a Syrian toddler found facedown on a beach in Turkey sparked conversation about the use of the photo in news media and on social networks. According to MediaShift, the ethical choice of showing the video taken by the WDBJ shooter is complicated...