ethics and values in the digital age
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Ethics and Values in the Digital Age
Mark Briggs | The News Tribune | Journalism 2.0
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New territory
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New territory
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Comments on stories, blogs
New territory
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Comments on stories, blogs
Databases
New territory
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Comments on stories, blogs
Databases
User generatedcontent
New territory
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Comments on stories, blogs
Databases
User generatedcontent
Video, slideshows
New territory
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Comments on stories, blogs
Databases
User generatedcontent
Video, slideshows
Breaking news
New territory
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Comments on stories, blogs
Databases
User generatedcontent
Video, slideshows
Breaking news
Mobile reporting
Competition vs. Friends
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Commercial journalism?
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What are your policies?
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New tools bring new questions.
What are your policies?
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Can staff blogs contain opinion?
New tools bring new questions.
What are your policies?
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Can staff blogs contain opinion?
Can you edit a comment on a news story or a message board?
New tools bring new questions.
What are your policies?
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Can staff blogs contain opinion?
Can you edit a comment on a news story or a message board?
Can you use personal information to contact someone who registers on your site? New tools bring new questions.
What are your policies?
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Can staff blogs contain opinion?
Can you edit a comment on a news story or a message board?
Can you use personal information to contact someone who registers on your site?
Can you post news that is rumor or speculation, before you have facts?
New tools bring new questions.
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
What is my journalistic purpose?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
What is my journalistic purpose?
What are my ethical concerns?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
What is my journalistic purpose?
What are my ethical concerns?
What organizational policies and professional guidelines should I consider?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
What is my journalistic purpose?
What are my ethical concerns?
What organizational policies and professional guidelines should I consider?
How can I include other people, with different perspectives and diverse ideas, in the process?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
What is my journalistic purpose?
What are my ethical concerns?
What organizational policies and professional guidelines should I consider?
How can I include other people, with different perspectives and diverse ideas, in the process?
What if the roles were reversed? How would I feel if I were in the shoes of the stakeholders?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
Ask these questions to make good ethical decisions
What do I know? What do I need to know?
What is my journalistic purpose?
What are my ethical concerns?
What organizational policies and professional guidelines should I consider?
How can I include other people, with different perspectives and diverse ideas, in the process?
What if the roles were reversed? How would I feel if I were in the shoes of the stakeholders?
What are the possible consequences of my actions? Short term? Long term?
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Source: Bob Steele, Poynter Institute
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And don’t forget ...
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And don’t forget ...
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How will this decision affect the brand?
And don’t forget ...
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How will this decision affect the brand?
Will this decision improve my social capital?
And don’t forget ...
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How will this decision affect the brand?
Will this decision improve my social capital?
Can we provide complete transparency?
Welcome to a new frontier
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Ethics and Values in the Digital Age
Slides available at slideshare.net/markbriggs
Mark Briggs | [email protected]
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