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Two important ethical lessons from the lectures/case studies (at least two) you have had in this course. After all of our class lectures and case studies we have covered, it was difficult to pick two important ethical lessons I have … Continue reading →

Part 1: Situation Definition One component that goes into being a successful journalist is to follow the five ethical principles. These principles could and do help journalists everyday with making the morally right decision when reporting a story. Though as … Continue reading →

Situation Definition Doug Blackmon, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist has had the opportunity throughout his career to cover several major events such as the election of Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill and much more. The majority of … Continue reading →

Situation Definition The film “Shattered Glass” is based on an talented journalist, Stephen Glass who wrote for the magazine, The New Republic. Soon after his boss, Chuck Lane, found that 21 out of 41 of Glass’ stories were made up … Continue reading →

I believe in stepping out of your comfort zone. It was the beginning of my senior year and it was time to send out my college applications. Most of the schools I applied to were smaller and close to home … Continue reading →