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Book SynopsisThe reputation of journalists is continually being questioned. Nearly every public opinion poll shows that people have lost respect for journalists and lost faith in the news media. In this fully updated and expanded 6th edition of Ethics in Journalism , author Ron F.
Trade Review"Provides updates that assure that the title remains one of the leading texts for journalism ethics. Provides clear, uncomplicated discussion of challenges facing journalists... Recommended." (Choice, August 2008)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Part I: Principles and Guidelines.
1. The Search for Principles.
2. The Study of Ethics.
Part II: Telling the Truth.
3. Truth and objectivity.
4. Errors.
5. Transparency.
6. Faking the News.
Part III: Reporting the News.
7. Working with sources.
8. The Government Watch.
9. The shady world of unnamed sources.
10. Deception.
Part IV: Compassion and the Journalist.
11. Compassion, privacy and ordinary citizens.
12. Privacy for Political Leaders.
13. Compassion and Photographers.
Part V: Conflicts of Interest.
14. Journalists and Their Communities.
15. Freebies and Financial Concerns.
16. The Business of Journalism.
Cases to Discuss.
Index
