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The Ethical Journalist


The Ethical Journalist

Making Responsible Decisions in the Pursuit of News
1. Aufl.

von: Gene Foreman

38,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 13.09.2011
ISBN/EAN: 9781444359640
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 432

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<i>The Ethical Journalist</i> gives aspiring journalists the tools they need to make responsible professional decisions. <ul> <li>Provides a foundation in applied ethics in journalism</li> <li>Examines the subject areas where ethical questions most frequently arise in modern practice</li> <li>Incorporates the views of distinguished print, broadcast and online journalists, exploring such critical issues as race, sex, and the digitalization of news sources</li> <li>Illustrated with 24 real-life case studies that demonstrate how to think in 'shades of gray' rather than 'black and white'</li> <li>Includes questions for class discussion and guides for putting important ethical concepts to use in the real world</li> <li>Accompanying website includes model course schedules, discussion guides, PowerPoint slides, sample quiz and exam questions and links to additional readings online: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/go/foreman">www.wiley.com/go/foreman</a></li> </ul>
<i>Foreword: Journalism Genes xvii</i> <p><i>Preface xx</i></p> <p><i>Acknowledgments xxii</i></p> <p><b>Part I: A Foundation for Making Ethical Decisions 1</b></p> <p>1 Why Ethics Matters in Journalism 3</p> <p>2 Ethics: The Bedrock of a Society 16</p> <p>3 The News Media's Role in Society 24</p> <p>4 For Journalists, a Clash of Moral Duties 39</p> <p>5 The Public and the Media: Love and Hate 56</p> <p>6 Applying Four Classic Theories of Ethics 74</p> <p>7 Using a Code of Ethics as a Decision Tool 83</p> <p>8 Making Moral Decisions You Can Defend 105</p> <p><b>Part II: Exploring Themes of Ethics Issues in Journalism 121</b></p> <p>9 Stolen Words, Invented Facts . . . Or Worse 123</p> <p>10 Confl icts of Interest: Divided Loyalties 137</p> <p>11 The Business of Producing Journalism 159</p> <p>12 Getting the Story Right and Being Fair 183</p> <p>13 Dealing With Sources of Information 208</p> <p>14 Making News Decisions About Privacy 229</p> <p>15 Making News Decisions About Taste 252</p> <p>16 Deception, a Controversial Reporting Tool 268</p> <p>17 Covering a Diverse, Multicultural Society 288</p> <p>18 Ethics Issues Specific to Web Journalism 313</p> <p>19 Ethics Issues Specific to Visual Journalism 336</p> <p>20 Ethics in the Changing Media Environment 360</p> <p>Conclusion: Some Thoughts to Take With You 378</p> <p><i>Case Study Sources 381</i></p> <p><i>Index 392</i></p>
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<b>Gene Foreman</b> joined the Penn State faculty in 1998 after retiring from <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>, where he managed newsroom operations for more than 25 years under various titles—managing editor, executive editor and deputy editor. He also was a vice president of the company.<br /> At Penn State, he was the Larry and Ellen Foster Professor from 1999 until his retirement from full-time teaching in December 2006. He taught courses in news editing, news media ethics and newspaper management. In 2003, Foreman received two awards for excellence in teaching in the College of Communications—the Deans' Award and the Alumni Society Award.<br /> As a visiting professor, he continues to direct the Foster Conference of Distinguished Writers, in which acclaimed journalists are brought to campus to discuss their experiences and techniques. He also is a guest lecturer in courses at Penn State and conducts seminars to help professionals improve their skills.
This textbook is envisioned as the basis of a college course in print, broadcast and online journalism ethics, for either graduate students or undergraduate juniors and seniors. The book will be designed for a 15-week semester with two and a half hours of classroom time each week, though an instructor could easily adapt the content to other academic schedules. The first one-third of the book will guide the students as they learn the principles of ethics and their application to resolving dilemmas in journalism. The remainder of the book will analyze the main themes of ethical issues in the newsroom and provide real-life case studies for the students to practice their decision-making skills. Instructors will receive a separate guide with PowerPoint presentations, a model course schedule, possible quiz and exam questions, and detailed suggestions on conducting the discussions of the case studies.<br /> <p><b>Distinctive Features</b></p> <ul> <li> <div>Unlike other books in its genre, this text will be prescriptive and to the point. That is, it will not merely <i>discuss</i> the ethical issues of journalism; it will give aspiring journalists (and other interested students) the <i>tools</i> they need to make professional decisions they can defend. Rather than overwhelming the students with theory, this text will offer just enough to enable the students to thoroughly grasp the importance of ethics and to use their own sense of ethics to make those decisions.</div> </li> <li> <div>Unlike the other books, this will be written by someone who has <i>both</i> extensive newsroom experience andextensive teaching experience. With all due modesty, I submit that none of the authors in this field can match my combined experience of 41 years in the newsroom, including 33 as a managing editor, and my more than eight years as a college professor What I intend to do is to combine the ideas of leading scholars and leading journalists to create a text whose essence is practical advice.</div> </li> <li> <div>Unlike the other books, this text will be ready for teachers and students to use off-the-shelf for a one-semester course. The chapter sequence logically fits a teaching plan: Students first get a foundation in applied ethics and decision-making; then they examine in detail the main ethical issues that journalists face today. I field-tested this comprehensive approach in teaching the news media ethics course for 16 semesters, with appreciative student reviews. Another Penn State professor has successfully taught the course twice using the same material [see Malcolm Moran’s letter in this package].</div> </li> <li> <div>Unlike the other books, this text will incorporate the views of 15 to 20 distinguished journalists – print, broadcast and online – whom I will interview in depth as part of the research. These views will add an important dimension to my own views and to those of scholars and practitioners who will be quoted from existing books and periodicals and from interviews. (The enclosed sample chapters likely will be enhanced as a result of the interviews. For example, the interviewees will be asked why ethics is important in journalism, and their ideas likely will strengthen the introductory paragraphs. Throughout the second phase of the book, chapters will include selected interviewees’ responses to practical questions about applied ethics; for example, under “deception,” they will be asked whether it is acceptable for a reporter to “bluff” a source into revealing information by implying that the reporter already possesses that information. Working journalists disagree about the practice, one side arguing that it is unethical and the other maintaining that it is just resourceful reporting. The outside experts also will be asked to add their ideas on “the changing media environment,” chapter 12, in which the book will address the trends affecting the relationship of the newsroom to the business side in the news media industry.) Finally, the teacher’s guide will contain these experts’ comments on the case studies, a feature that will be useful when the cases are discussed in class.</div> </li> <li> <div>Unlike some of the other books, this text will employ actual case studies rather than fictional accounts. Using actual cases imparts a sense of realism to the discussion and illustrates that, in making their professional decisions, the future journalists will be dealing more often with shades of gray than with black-and-white distinctions. Each case is selected to explain an important nuance in the ethical-issue themes (<i>e.g.,</i> privacy, conflicts of interest, deception) that will be presented in the second phase of the book. The students will have an opportunity to match their decision-making skills against the trial-and-error efforts of the professionals who actually made the decisions. To facilitate the students’ preparation for class, a series of questions is included with each case.</div> </li> </ul>
“The book is superb – the definitive work on journalism ethics and practices. It should be a basic text in every school of journalism.” <br /> - <i>Gene Roberts, former executive editor of</i> The Philadelphia Inquirer<i>, former managing editor of</i> The New York Times<i>, former professor, University of Maryland College of Journalism</i> <p>“<i>The Ethical Journalist</i> is like GPS for sound decision-making.”<br /> - <i>Jim Naughton, President Emeritus of the Poynter Institute of Media Studies</i></p> <p>“Gene Foreman practiced and championed high ethical standards in newsrooms for decades. He’s now written a clear, compelling text on journalism ethics. It’s practical, principled and powerful.”<br /> - <i>Robert M. Steele, Director of The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University</i></p> <p>“Gene Foreman, a great editor and teacher, has produced a comprehensive – yet very easy to read and use – guide to journalistic values and ethics that shows journalists and students how to make responsible decisions about news in print and cyberspace. An essential road map for a rapidly changing journalistic landscape.”<br /> - <i>Leonard Downie, Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, and former editor,</i> The Washington Post</p> <p>“...Readers’ tendency to oversimplify ethical method will be challenged by Gene Foreman’s <i>The Ethical Journalist</i>, which I find more complex and engaging than other texts, and which will, therefore, become the first ethics text I can comfortably prescribe – for both graduate and undergraduate classes....The book’s tone is thoughtful but forthright, its style clear but engaging, its stance fair but unabashed. It’s obviously written by a practiced craftsman who is passionate about his work, and curious about its dilemmas.”<br /> - <i>Ivor Shapiro, chair, School of Journalism, Ryerson University, in a review in</i> Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly<i>, Summer 2010</i></p> <p>“At a time when the Internet has turned journalism inside out and blown up long-held traditions, the need for media ethics is even more critical. This is the book to help guide students and the rest of us through the revolution.”<br /> - <i>Alicia C. Shepard, former NPR Ombudsman</i></p> <p>“I am blown away by how good this book is. It is practical, insightful and even-handed.”<br /> - <i>Tim McGuire, Frank Russell Professor of Journalism at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, former editor of the</i> Star Tribune <i>in Minneapolis</i></p> <p>"In a new book, written as a text for journalism students, former Philadelphia Inquirer managing editor Gene Foreman draws on half a century of journalism experience to chart a path through the thicket."<br /> - <i>Green Bay Press-Gazette</i>, November 2009</p> <p>"The book provides a foundation in applied ethics in journalism, and examines the subject areas where ethical questions most frequently arise. Many other real-life episodes are cited in the book's narrative to illustrate how journalists have dealt with ethical challenges."<br /> - <i>Penn State Live</i>, August 2009</p>

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