I’m talking to a group of faculty members at Hampton University this afternoon about journalism ethics in the digital world.. As part of preparing for that talk, I rounded up some journalism ethics links that I thought others might also enjoy. (Special hat tip to Steve Buttry and Bob Steele for their help.)
[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said. — Earl Bush, press aide to Richard Daley (more quotes here)
- Ethics of social media for journalists | Save the Media
- Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics
- SPJ Ethic Blog: Code Words
- Society of Professional Journalists: Ethics
- NPPA Code of Ethics
- Poynter Online – Ethics
- Indiana University School of Journalism � Ethics cases online
- OJR: What are the ethics of online journalism?
- Nieman Reports | Ethical Values and Quality Control in the Digital Era
- Ethics Resources (Steve Buttry’s great list of links)
- Steve Buttry: Resources for journalism educators on digital ethics, new business models, journalism � Pursuing the Complete Community Connection
- Steve Buttry: Resources for journalism ethics � Pursuing the Complete Community Connection
- Poynter Online – Talk About Ethics: Ask These 10 Questions to Make Good Ethical Decisions
- Poynter Online – Talk About Ethics: Guiding Principles for the Journalist
- The key to social media ethics: good judgment � Pursuing the Complete Community Connection
- Newpaper social media policies: Out of touch | Socialmedia.biz
- The Huffington Post: Citizen Journalism Publishing Standards
- J-Source: Ethical guidelines for editing audio
- The Daily Tar Heel’s policies | dailytarheel.com
- Knoxville News Sentinel Code of Conduct
- Kathy English’s Longtail of News (when to unpublish)