Monthly Archives: November 2018

Situation definition: In the current society, people are tightly connected with media through different aspects. We all receive information from various social media on our mobile devices. And there are also advertisements, news, graphics, videos, music content and others media … Continue reading →

Situation Definition In class, we have learned about diversity in journalism, and the potential ethical issues that have arisen in certain cases because of it. Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old black man living in Sacramento, was fatally shot in his grandmother’s … Continue reading →

Situation Analysis: After Eric Garner died in 2014 while a New York police officer had him restrained in a chokehold, his daughter Erica Garner became a strong advocate for criminal justice reform. When Erica died of a heart attack in … Continue reading →

Blog 4 – Diversity By Grant Thomas Situation Definition When I hear diversity in the frame of ethical issues, the first thing that comes to mind is controversies over how crimes including multiple different races are treated by the news … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: Brian Williams, a reporter for the evening news on NBC’s Nightly News, was called out by military personnel after falsely reporting a story from when he was covering the war over seas. In 2003, Williams reported that that … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: Using social media during a time of disaster can be beneficial at times, but can also cause misinformation that causes mistrust towards journalists. When using social media to spread information and to further spread others information, journalists should … Continue reading →

Blair Sykes Blog 4 Situation Definition Shane Bauer, an undercover reporter for Mother Jones, has a intense history of reporting while undercover in a variety of situations. He worked extensively in the Middle East doing undercover reporting and found himself … Continue reading →

Racial Issues in the Trayvon Martin Shooting Situation definition I am doing my Blog 4 on the Trayvon Martin shooting. Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old-black male who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic man. Zimmerman shot Martin, … Continue reading →

Situation Definition The case I decided to use for this diversity blog is that of the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Recently, we’ve learned in class that diversity is an important part of the newsroom. One of the first thing that come … Continue reading →

Situation Definition In Allentown, PA a publication called The Morning Call suspended Frank Whelan, a long time feature writer for the publication. The controversy arose in June 2006, and the ethical dilemmas in the case are still being looked at … Continue reading →

Situation Definition  In July this summer, the Philadelphia Inquirer created a diversity and inclusion position in the workplace. The newly created position is called the vice president for diversity and inclusion. Michael Days, who worked as the vice president and … Continue reading →

Reporting the Facts and Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas Part 1: Situational Definition One diversity case that was most interesting to me was the case on Karla Gutierrez. On February 16, 2001 Karla Gutierrez drove off the Florida Turnpike in West Miami … Continue reading →

Situation Definition In class we learned about the importance of diversity in the newsroom. Often when I think about diversity in the media I think about how unfairly races and sexes are treated in the news today. This was the … Continue reading →

Part 1 The coverage of the Trayvon Martin case was polarizing in many ways, from at first an astoundingly small amount of coverage to a national story. People want stories surrounding race to be simple, when in actuality they are … Continue reading →