Monthly Archives: April 2018

Blog 5 By: Gabrielle Moore   Two Important ethical issues: Throughout this whole semester we have been learning about all these different ethical issues and the best ways to avoid using them, however the two that have really resonated with … Continue reading →

Part 1: Ethical Lessons While taking this course, I was forced to think about my future career in ways that I previously had not. An example of this was during the first few weeks of this course while we were … Continue reading →

Part I I believe I’ve learned a lot about Journalistic ethics in Comm 409. Prior to the semester’s start, I was familiar with some basic ethics from my involvement in campus journalism at Penn State. But I think this course … Continue reading →

Part 1 The first ethical lesson that stood out to me this semester was the concept of assessing likely harm in any given situation that raises ethical concerns. The media can be an extremely pervasive and intrusive social agent in … Continue reading →

Part 1: The first important ethical lesson I’ve learned from this course is to always question yourself. In class and in case studies we’ve talked a lot about conflicts of interest for journalists. What I’ve acknowledged in many cases is … Continue reading →

The two most important ethical lessons I learned from this class were the importance of judgment in decision-making, and that honesty is more important than quality stories. As for the first of these, I found it very useful to learn … Continue reading →

It’s hard to imagine we’ve been learning this course for almost the whole semester. After learning lots of cases going on in this class, I can say I have a better understanding of ethical problems in journalism. The class helps … Continue reading →

The first ethical lesson I learned in Comm 409 was the boundary of privacy in our technological world. We are sharing more and more information about ourselves online, but journalists must retain some information they may have discovered for the … Continue reading →

Blog #5 Reflections on this course By Yifan Xu Important Ethical Lessons from this Course Throughout the entire semester, I learned various ethical issues and concepts which led me into in-depth thinking. But only few of them brought me touching … Continue reading →

Through Dr. Z’s news media ethics course, I have gained many insights on how journalists should handle certain situations, and how our actions can bring certain consequences. Although there were many significant ethical lessons I’ve learned throughout the semester, conflict … Continue reading →

1. Ethical Lessons from this Course One of the first ethical lessons that I was taught in this course is the idea of “Conflicts of Interest.”  I believe that in the news industry, it is the reporters’ responsibility to be … Continue reading →

Part 1 The two most important ethical lessons that I learned throughout this course was in regards to the situation with Stephen Glass and the lesson we had about reporting on rape as a journalist. These two lessons taught me … Continue reading →

I came into this class with just some knowledge of media ethics but now, I am leaving with more than I picture this class to be. Our main duty as a journalists is to serve the public and we should … Continue reading →

1. Two important ethical lessons One of the most important ethical lessons that I learned in this course was ‘Invasion of Privacy’. The journalists of today often overlook and encounter an ethical problem of ‘Invasion of Privacy’ with their mistaken … Continue reading →