Monthly Archives: December 2017

Being a Political Science major, and Media Studies minor, I was excited to take this course. I was excited at the prospect of learning more about the core backbone of both these industries, ethics. While there are many ethical lessons … Continue reading →

Blog 5 – Reflection on class Yuqin Yin As a Communication student, I didn’t expect that journalist needs to think a lot while writing their articles before having this class. There are so many ethical issues in the journalism need … Continue reading →

Two ethical lessons I have learned during class time and lectures would first have to be the main reason why ethics matters in the first place. Being ethical in your work and career is what gains you respect and authenticity … Continue reading →

Two ethical lessons that stood out to me was ethical decision making when you are reporting on a story and whether to name victims in a story. These two issues seem to be the most important because together they create … Continue reading →

One important ethical lesson I learned in this course was Aristotle’s Golden Mean. For Blog 1, I wrote about Abortion when I was asked to cover something that I believed in. When grading my essay, my instructor told me to … Continue reading →

Introduction:     When I began this course I thought I knew all about ethics in journalism. I thought it was pretty straightforward and just “common” sense. As the course went on, I realized that there was a lot I … Continue reading →

Before taking this course, I only thought of ethics as doing the right thing. Little did I know that was just the beginning. This course really opened my eyes to all the specifics involved with media ethics. I am now … Continue reading →

Coming into the new semester I did review most of the reviews on this professor and a lot of the reviews were really good. As the semester comes to an end I can honestly say that I was not disappointed … Continue reading →

I have always known that there are ethics in journalism. However, I did not fully understand the depths of what it means to be an ethical journalist until this course. Two of the most important ethical lessons that I will … Continue reading →

Two important ethical lessons that I have learned from the lectures and the case studies are that fabricating will always have a negative consequence and that changing photos is as equally unethical as changing a quote or a statement. Although … Continue reading →

Introduction: Two important ethical lessons that have stood out to me in this course involved deception and lying and whether or not to name victims. Two Ethical Issues: These two ethical lessons stood out to me the most because of … Continue reading →

Introduction: When I first signed up to take this course, I thought that I wouldn’t learn anything because ethics seems pretty straightforward to me.  When I think of ethics I think of common sense and the way you were raised … Continue reading →

Introduction & Two Ethical Lessons: Throughout my time in ethics in the media I’ve learned two essential lessons that journalists need to enact daily while on and off the job. The professional life of a journalists means walking a narrow … Continue reading →