Author Archives: Erin Ann Alessandroni

Blog 5 – Reflections on this course by Erin Alessandroni

It is difficult to choose the most important, significant ethical lessons that I have learned from this course, due to the immense amount of helpful information presented. After much consideration and reflection, I feel that the two ethical lessons that … Continue reading

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Blog 4: Sexual Harassment and Gender Pay Inequity in the Newsroom by Erin Alessandroni

In February 2018, global media and news company Vice was accused of committing systemic pay discrimination, bringing to light several allegations of female employees being paid significantly less than their male counterparts (Steel, 2017). Elizabeth Rose, former project manager in … Continue reading

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Blog 3- Ethical Lessons from the Foster-Foreman Lectures By Erin Alessandroni

John Eligon: The trap of news framing, unrepresentative sources, and personal blogging             John Eligon is covers the race beat for the New York Times, traveling the country and globe looking for cases of racial … Continue reading

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Blog 2 – “Shattered Glass” Reflection by Erin Alessandroni

Stephen Glass was the editor of his college newspaper at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania. He showed great promise when he began his journalism career at The New Republic magazine in 1995 while simultaneously freelancing for many other widely recognized national outlets. These accomplishments are … Continue reading

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Blog 1- I believe in Carpe Diem by Erin Alessandroni

“Everyone knows they’re going to die…but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” This quote from a book called “Tuesday’s with Morrie” by my favorite author, Mitch Albom, reveals a sad truth about many members of … Continue reading

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