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Two Important Ethical Lessons I Learned from COMM 409: Two ethical concepts that I truly grasped the importance of in this course were the concepts of truth telling and deception. First, truth, is an essential concept in journalism. Journalists have … Continue reading →

Blog 4: A Case Study on Cleveland Journalists and A Lesson on Conflict of Interest  By: Mackenzie Barbin Situation Definition Think back to this past November, early in the month. Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were scurrying across America … Continue reading →

Situation Definition As part of the Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics, Marty Barron, editor of the Washington Post, spoke to Penn State students on March 21st in Freeman Auditorium. Barron addressed a wide array of topics pertaining to ethics in … Continue reading →

The movie we watched in class, “Shattered Glass” was about a former American journalist, Stephen Glass. As described in the movie, Glass studied journalism at the University of Pennsylvania where he also wrote for the school newspaper. After his college … Continue reading →

It was the final minutes of the basketball game. My fourth grade recreational team was trailing by a few points. The game went back and forth until the last second where the opposing team nailed a layup and clenched the victory. … Continue reading →