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Links and slides for Excellence in Journalism ethics discussion

Update: The final draft of the code update was revised again yesterday. I like what I’ve heard about the changes, but I haven’t analyzed it yet. I will be leading a session at the Excellence in...

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New SPJ Code of Ethics: an improvement but a disappointment

The Society of Professional Journalists adopted a new Code of Ethics Saturday at its meeting in Nashville. I am pleased that SPJ updated a code that I described four years ago as profoundly outdated....

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Slides and links from SPJ Madison workshop

I was a long-distance participant in a workshop today for the Madison, Wis., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. My first session, about going digital-first in your newsroom, drew...

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Journalism ethics were never timeless

People who think journalism ethics principles are timeless have short memories. Or no knowledge of journalism history. When I failed last year to persuade the Society of Professional Journalists to...

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What is your advice for job-hunting journalists?

I led a webinar Wednesday for the Society of Professional Journalists on job-hunting for journalists (but non-journos are welcome, too): FREE SPJ webinar: Job hunting for journalists, 7/29, with...

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ONA project provides helpful, detailed ethics advice

In late 2013 I called for detailed guidance for journalists on various ethics issues. I’m pleased to have had a role in answering that call through the Online News Association’s Build Your Own Ethics...

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Slides and links on mass communication codes of ethics

#ethicssymposium “our sense of right and wrong changes in other parts of life” so why not journo? @stevebuttry asks pic.twitter.com/cPZpe1jzNV — Phil Tenser (@pstenser) March 14, 2014 I taught a class...

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SPJ webinar, ‘Leading Change in Your Organization’

Today I am leading a webinar for the Society of Professional Journalists, “Leading Change in Your Organization.” I will repeat points I made in my 2014 posts about Project Unbolt. I’ll also cover...

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Slides and links for SPJ webinar on using unnamed sources

I presented a webinar Wednesday for the Society of Professional Journalists on using (and reducing the use of unnamed sources). I discussed points made in previous posts about using unnamed sources,...

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SPJ ethics chair misstates arguments for not naming mass killers

We can’t have a reasonable debate about media coverage of mass killers if people fail to understand the opposing arguments. Andrew Seaman’s post this week for the SPC Ethics Committee Blog misstates...

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