JOURNALISM ETHICS & ISSUESCLASS #25 | JRNL 4650 | FALL 2016

• Instructor: Bill Mitchell • bmitch (at) gmail (dot) com• 727-641-9407• 6 December 2016 | Northeastern Univ.

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WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY:• Maddie: Content Marketing: Is it journalism. If so, is it ethical journalism?• Ruobing: Journalism in China: A tool of governance or a revelation of truth?• Olivia: RIP: Reporting in Peace, Reporting on Death• Ben: Responsible Live Coverage in the Internet Age• Jodie: The Practice of Free Speech: America vs. China• Corlyn: The Ethical Considerations of Going Undercover• Georgie: Exploring the Line Between Journalism and Public Relations• Janine: When Reporters Become Part of the Story• Ali: Investigating the Ethical Dilemmas in Rolling Stone's A Rape on Campus• Elena: Journalism Ethics: A Look into the Digitalization of 3 Types of Media• Marie: On the Ethics of Limited Coverage: Standing Rock• Anita: The Why and What Next of Fake News• Tessa: Determinging the Messaging in “Message from a Nightingale” • Simone: On the Ethics of Chyrons• Adam: On the Ethics of Campaign Punditry• Elise: The Ethics of Sexual Assault Reporting• Zafira: NYT Coverage of Race as Reflected in Race/Related• Wolff: Gaming Reviews; Power and Consequence• Mary: On the naming of minors accused of crimes

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Maddie: Content Marketing -- Is it journalism? If so, is it ethical journalism?

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Ruobing: Journalism in China: A Tool of Governance or a Revelation of Truth?

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Olivia: RIP: Reporting in Peace, Reporting on Death

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Ben: Responsible Live Coverage in the Internet Era

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Jodie: The Practice of Free Speech -- America vs. China

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CORLYN: THE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF GOING UNDERCOVER

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GEORGIE: EXPLORING THE LINE BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

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JANINE: WHEN REPORTERS BECOME PART OF THE STORY

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ALI: INVESTIGATING THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN ROLLING STONE'S A RAPE ON CAMPUS

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ELENA: JOURNALISM ETHICS -- A LOOK INTO THE DIGITALIZATION OF 3 TYPES OF MEDIA

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MARIE: ON THE ETHICS OF LIMITED COVERAGE -- STANDING ROCK

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ANITA: THE WHY AND WHAT NEXT OF FAKE NEWS

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TESSA: DETERMINING THE MESSAGING FOR "MESSAGE FROM A NIGHTINGALE"

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SIMONE: ON THE ETHICS OF CHYRONS

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ADAM: ON THE ETHICS OF CAMPAIGN PUNDITRY

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ELISE: THE ETHICS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTING

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ZAFIRA: NYT COVERAGE OF RACE AS REFLECTED IN RACE/RELATED

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WOLFF: GAMING REVIEWS -- POWER AND CONSEQUENCE

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MARY: ON THE NAMING OF MINORS ACCUSED OF CRIMES

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UCPOMING ASSIGNMENTS

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• End of day today: Five comments on classmate posts (send me urls)

• End of day Monday Dec. 12: Final paper due• The paper should be somewhere between 1,500 words and 2,500 words and should

include:

• How you’ll relate your personal ethics code to the circumstances at hand

• A discussion of two or more ethical principles in tension, for example, truth-telling vs. minimizing harm or protecting a source vs. transparency with audiences, etc.

• A discussion of the various stakeholders in the case

• A discussion of an ethical decision-making process that would be useful in the case you’re examining

• A discussion of your case in the context of two or more classic theories of ethics, for example, deontology or utilitarianism or Golden Rule, etc

• On-the-record interviews with at least one or two people who have something to contribute to your topic (unless you make the case to me in advance that your paper works well without interviews)

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• Please evaluate me in the TRACE evals (I can’t see results until after grades are submitted). I take your suggestions seriously.

• Thanks for your good work this semester!

• And don’t hesitate to track me down if you think I might be helpful at any point in the future.