April 14th, 2015
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Social Media Strategist, Global News (ONA member)

I’m curious about the ethics of Periscope, Meerkat and other livestreaming tools. Is it ever acceptable for a reporter to not disclose that he or she is livestreaming (say, at a public event with other media?) 

Are news organizations to be held responsible for offensive or libelous comments made by viewers on a livestream that they host? What about the livestreams that a reporter broadcasts during her or his free time that may run afoul of company social media policies? 

My news organization is working on best practices and I’d love to start a conversation about this. 

shauna.rempel@globalnews.ca

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October 15th, 2014
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With two years of her four-year term as the Times’s Public Editor (Graylady-ese for ombudsman) under her belt, she has not only adapted to the speed of the web, but managed to keep pace with its topicality and bottomless appetite for controversy. Sometimes that’s required stirring up controversy herself. But this is what makes her so different from her predecessors: she has ushered the position into a new media age by reimagining the very purpose of the job.
“She’s not ducking a fight”: How Margaret Sullivan transformed the role of the NYT public editor - Salon.com

(Source: salon.com)

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September 19th, 2014
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Exploring ethics through journalism hotlines : Columbia Journalism Review

[T]he Online News Association is developing a crowdsourced Build Your Own Ethics Code project, conceived by the association’s new News Ethics Committee this spring. The rationale behind the project is that, when it comes to ethics codes, “one size does not fit all.” In an interview with CJR in March, ONA Executive Director Jane McDonnell said that the old format of an ethics code handed down by a corporate media entity is no longer possible to follow in a multi-faceted industry where media genres, organizations, and individuals come in many different shapes.

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March 11th, 2014
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ONA introduces 5 ethical challenges of social news gathering at SXSW | Poynter.

Key takeaways from Eric Carvin and Mandy Jenkins’s panel on social newsgathering at South by Southwest.

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March 10th, 2014
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We spend a lot of time thinking about this challenge in our day-to-day work in social journalism. And that’s what led us to bring together people with common experiences across the industry into an ONA working group focusing on the ethics and standards of social and digital newsgathering.

Eric Carvin and Fergus Bell, the founders of the ONA social newsgathering working group, are social media editors at The Associated Press, and Eric also chairs ONA’s News Ethics Committee.

Learn more about what the issues they will address with the social newsgathering working group: Social newsgathering: Charting an ethical course - Online News Association

Also, check out Eric Carvin and Mandy Jenkins’s panel discussion at SXSW about ethics in verification on social media. 

(Source: journalists.org)

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November 21st, 2013
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Considering Ethics for Anyone Who Commits Acts of Journalism | Mediashift | PBS

Josh Stearns looks into three major efforts to rethink journalism ethics, led by the Online News Association, the Society for Professional Journalists and Poynter Institute.

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July 11th, 2013
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The New Ethics of Journalism

With the launch of the new Ethics in Journalism blog, Kelly McBride of Poynter shared Guiding Principles for Journalists, which are aimed to “encourage all who practice journalism to embrace principles that serve democracy.”

The three Guiding Principles are:

1. Seek truth and report it as fully as possible.

2. Be transparent.

3. Engage community as an end, rather than as a means.

McBride goes into more details about the principles and Poynter’s New Ethics in Journalism initiative in her blog post. What do you think about these principles? 

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January 8th, 2013
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News and information are being influenced in a way that has never happened before. Internal policing, journalists calling each other out on Twitter – I think there’s the potential for our media to get better and better. We’re already starting to see it.

Jeanne Brooks, ONA’s Digital Director, discusses journalism ethics, the rise of citizen participation in journalism and media accountability with the International Business Times. 

Read the full story: Paywalls, Profits And Pageview Journalism: Ethics In The Digital Age

(Source: ibtimes.com)

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December 19th, 2012
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Our highest value as journalists and news organizations is to seek truth and report it.

Guidance for Journalists on Expressing Personal Opinions | Inside Thunderdome

The new guidance for journalists and newsroom leaders on personal opinions and transparency put together by Digital First Media is well worth a read. 

(Source: insidethunderdome.com)

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February 27th, 2012
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NPR releases new ethics handbook

From the introduction:

“Journalism is a daily process of painting an ever truer picture of the world. Every step of this process - from reporting to editing to presenting information - may either strengthen or erode the public’s trust in us. We work hard to be worthy of that trust and to protect it.”

See the full handbook on NPR.

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