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Generating revenue with integrity
One of journalism’s clearest and most unanimous ethical needs has been to protect the integrity of our content from being tainted by our need to generate revenue. To protect journalistic integrity, news organizations developed organizational silos dividing newsrooms from advertising staffs, with little or no contact between colleagues in those departments.
- Liveblogging: Telling stories as they happen Newspapers originally responded to the opportunities of the web by posting print stories online after they appeared in print. Then we recognized the need to post news immediately to the web and started posting newspaper-like stories to the web quickly after an event occurred. Liveblogging is a story form for digital platforms, a blend of the styles and techniques of traditional newspaper-style reporting, radio play-by-play and the interactivity of blogging.
- Telling a story in a multimedia world
Telling stories for a multi-platform news organization involves several choices. They won’t all apply to every story, but you should consider them with every story.
- Ethics in social networks
Social networks are a rapidly growing part of society and communication and journalists and news organizations need to connect with them as we gather content and build audience for our products. We also need to keep ethics in mind as we operate in this swiftly changing world.
- Ethics in the blogosphere
Blogging has proliferated on newspaper web sites more rapidly than the industry has been able to consider and develop standards. You need to decide what goes and what doesn’t for your site and your staff. Whether you are a manager or a staff member, you need to consider the issues discussed here. Managers need to consider situations and make clear their expectations. Staff members need to consider what they want to do and what they should be doing and discuss possible ethical implications with their editors.
- Using twitter in the newsroom
Twitter can be confusing if you're not familiar with it. Its users talk about things like tweets and followers and twitter feeds. Sounds tough to translate, doesn't it? But once you get the hang of it, this social network can be a useful tool for communicating, sharing information and generally making yourself more accessible. All these things can be valuable for a newsroom. See how Twitter can help us do our jobs better.
- So you want to use social networking...
According to TechLearning.com, “ social networking is where people develop networks of friends and associates. The examples of social networking in this handout are ways to find people online and learn about their interests and hobbies. The ultimate goal is learning how to use these social networking tools for work.
- Disasters - Using digital tools and skills for the big story We’re still learning to use the skills and tools of the digital world and each disaster or other big breaking story presents opportunities to use your new skills. This handout will focus on disaster coverage, but many of the same principles and techniques apply to other big, breaking stories such as a terrorist attack or a mass murder.
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July 2, 2009
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