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| American Journalism Review (AJR Newslink) |
This is a joint venture between Journalism and NewsLink Associates, an online research and consulting firm. It includes features from the printed edition of AJR magazine, the worldwide online pulication lists of NewsLink, and original content created especially for online readers. |
| Applied Ethics Resource on the WWW |
University of British Columbia Center for Applied Ethics created this great web page with links to all aspects of applied ethics including business, health, science, media, environment, animal welfare, and more. |
| Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) |
This is an international association of nearly 3,300 journalism/mass communication faculty, students, administrators, and professionals. International in scope, its members come from more than 30 countries, with the majority working in the U.S. and Canada. Resources include research and publications by the AEJMC Media Ethics Interest Group. |
| Association for Practical and Professional Ethics |
Maintained by Indiana University. It is committed to encouraging high quality interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching in practical and professional ethics by educators and practitioners who appreciate the theoretical and practical impacts of their subjects. |
| Civil Practices Network |
This is the Civic Journalism section of CPN. Users may access essays that provide an overview of the civil and public journalism movement. CPN cases offer a city-by-city guide to public journalism projects acorss the U.S, as reported by Project Public Life and the Press, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, the Poynter Institute, Democracy Place USA, and other CPN partners. It includes access to the CPN Journalism Bulletin Board. |
| Columbia Journalism Review |
CJR features current and archived issues of the journal. Archive includes full text of CJR issues back to July/August 1991. Users may access the CJR database to search a variety of media publications as well as several resource guides and hyperlinks. |
| Ethics and Moral Issues |
Contains links to some major contemporary moral issues ranging from abortion to wealth & poverty. |
| Ethics Connection |
The website for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. |
| Ethics on the World Wide Web |
California State University, Fullerton School of Communications maintains links to all aspects of ethics, including a link to associations. |
| Ethics Matters |
A monthly column in News Photographer magazine
by Deni Elliott and Paul Martin Lester. |
| EthicNet |
This is a project out of Finland that aims to provide a comprehensive databank offering basic informaiton on media ethics for journalism students and teachers as well as scholars and practitioners. INcluded is a collection of codes of journalism ehtics from ost of sthe European countries, translated into English. The source and core of the collection resulted from numerous research projects of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, and it has been extended and updated with infromation from various relevant sources. |
| Ethics Resource Center |
"ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization whose vision is a world where individuals and organizations act with integrity." |
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Maintained by University of San Diego. It offers an informative look at classic works in moral philosophy including ethical theory, applied ethics, moral theory, ethical relativism, meta-ethical concerns, and virtue ethics. For the journalist, there is a reference section on meta-ethics and moral pluralism. An additional features is A Glossary of Terms in Ethics. |
| Freedom Forum Online |
This is a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment issues, newsroom diversity and world press freedom. An excellent resource for information pertaining to responsible journalism. |
| IJNet |
This is the Inernational Journalist's Network. Organized and administered by the International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), an organization established in 1984 to improve the quality of journalism in nations where there is little or not tradition of independent journalism. It has the latest media assistance news from Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and thew Newly Independent States as well as Latin America and Africa. It provides geographical and topical forums for journalists; worldwide fellowships, grants, and national codes of ethics. |
| Indiana University Index to Journalism Ethics Cases |
Features Journalism Ethics Cases Online, a set of cases that has been created for teachers, researchers, professional journalists and consumers of news to help them explore ethical issues in journalism. Cases raise various issues faced by journalists, such as privacy, conflict of interest, reprter-source relationships, and the role of ojournalists in their communities. |
| Institute for Business and Professional Ethics |
This is the site of the IBPE, which was established in 1985 by a joint effort of the Colleges of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Commerce at DePaul University. The mission of the IBPE is to encourage ethical deliberation in decision-makers by stirring the moral conscience and imagination. |
Institute for Global Ethics
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Ethics site on a broad range of issues. Lots of information. |
| Media Ethics |
Canadian website on media ethics. |
| Media Ethics Division: AEJMC |
The Media Ethics Division of AEJMC includes more than 300 scholars researching and teaching in the fields of mass communication ethics. |
| Media Watch |
The online site for "Media Watch" from the PBS NewsHour television program. |
| Journal of Mass Media Ethics |
A publication website devoted to explorations of ethics problems and issues in various fields of mass communication, with emphasis on materials dealing with principles and reasoning in ethics. Users can access article abstracts and other archival material. |
| Media Ethics & Accountability |
A collection of sites dealing with censorship and other relevant media ethics categories and controversies. |
| Media Ethics Online |
A comprehensive virtual catalog of media organizations, ethics codes online, directories, and scholarship. Catalog subset of Web Ethics highlights "cyberethics" or ethical concerns relating to journalism in the digital age. |
| National Press Photographers Association Online |
An organization dedicated to the advancement of photojournalism, its creation, editing and distribution in all news media. Users may access a variety of resources linked to the homepage. |
| Poynter Online's Ethics Journal |
Kelly McBride's journalism ethics column.
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| Poynter Institute for Media Studies Online |
An institute dedicated to helping journalists fulfill their responsibility to empower citizens by informing them. Includes a comprehensive resource center for journalists, including, but not limited to, online editor services, tip sheets, Poynter Institute research, and a comprehensive hyperextension of professional resources catalogued by job classification. |
| Poynter Online's Ethics Tipsheets |
Practical journalism tips you can use.
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| Poynter Online's Guide to Accuracy |
As more and more newsrooms examine their policies in the wake of the recent industry shakeups, Poynter has compiled a collection of articles on related issues to consider. |
| Poynter Online's Media Credibility Bibliography |
Bibliography that includes links and resources on media credibility.
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| Poynter Online's Talk about Ethics |
Bob Steele's journalism ethics column. |
| Presswise-international code of ethics |
The PressWise Trust is an independent media ethics charity, set up in 1993 by 'victims of media abuse', supported by concerned journalists, media lawyers and politicians in the UK. |
| Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law |
The Center was established in 1984 within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. |
| Society of Professional Journalists. Ethics in Journalism |
The website of the Society of Professional Journalists, the nation's largest and most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. Website provides the SPJ Code, Ethics News, and ethics resources. |
| The American Civil Liberties Union |
Webiste on cyberliberties that covers cybercensorship, library blocking of Internet, and online privacy. |
| The Online Journal of Ethics |
An online journal of cutting-edge research in the field of business and professional ethics. Users can access current full-text and archived issues. |
Web Resources for Studying Journalism Ethics
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Comprehensive list of media ethics sites. |
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| APME National Credibility Roundtables Project |
The National Credibility Roundtables Project is supported by grants from The Ford Foundation. It is one of several Ford-supported media projects that work to promote on-going communication between the public and the press and to encourage journalists to use what they learn to build better news practices. |
| Accuracy in Media |
An organization "for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting"; this group is a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques inaccurate or biased news stories and attempts to establish accuracy on important issues that have received slanted coverage. |
| AlterNet |
Alternative news source. Looks at the news from a new and fresh perspective. |
| American Journalism Review Online |
Includes news and columns from American Journalism Review magazine. |
| Can We Tape? |
This site features a state-by-state guide to laws governing recording conversations over the telephone, using hidden cameras, and the publication of illegal tapes. |
| Center for Democracy & Technology |
This site covers issues of child online protection, spamming, and free speech. |
| Columbia Journalism Review Online |
Founded in 1961 by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, The Columbia Journalism Review holds itself out as a watchdog of the press in all its forms. It examines day-to-day press performance as well as larger historical, economic, political and social forces affecting the collection and reporting of news. The site includes a number of helpful areas with additional links, for example, "Journalism Tools", Media Finder, News about News, and Recommended Resources. |
| Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America |
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. |
| Ethics |
American Press Institute presents The Journalist's Toolbox and includes articles and links to ethics topics. |
| Ethics Guide for Public Radio Journalism |
This guide provides an overview of some of the most important ethical issues that face public radio, as identified by public radio journalists. It offers principles and standards for ethical practice, in keeping with public radio's commitment to the highest standards of journalism. |
| Ethics in Journalism |
The ethics section of the Society of Professional Journalists website. |
| Ethics in Public Broadcasting |
Public broadcasters are probably far from the worst violators of ethical codes in media, but they face stressful temptations. Questions arose in both gray and black-and-white situations reported in these Current articles. |
| FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in News Reporting |
This is a national media watch group that offers well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship and advocates for greater diversity in the press. |
| First Amendment Center |
Comprehensive site on issues of freedom of speech. |
| First Amendment Handbook |
The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press posted this handbook on their website. |
| Freedom Forum |
The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity. |
| Free Speech Updates |
Website to accompany Tedford and Herbeck's Text, Freedom of Speech in the United States . It contains an updated list of court cases relevant to free speech issues. |
Global Journalism Ethics
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The World Press Institute (WPI) and the media ethics division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) have teamed up to provide this forum for discussion of vital ethical issues affecting journalists all over the world. |
| Hindman |
Features Hindman on racism, deontology, virtue, utilitarianism, gender issues, and a list of periodicals. |
| Journalism Ethics Cases Online |
These ethics cases come from the Indiana University School of Journalism. |
| Minnesota News Council |
The News Council provides a mechanism for the public to hold news outlets accountable. |
| ONO: Organization of News Ombudsmen |
Organization of media watchdogs. Site has a lot of information on different controversies in the media and the ethical solutions. |
| Online Journalism Review |
This site includes articles on amking the Web an equal partner-- New York Times and its online precesence and online news from the Democratic National Convention. |
| Pew Center for Civic Journalism |
The Pew Center is an incubator for civic journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create and refine better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life. |
| Poynter Online's Links to the News: Reporting on Religion |
Poynter Online's Links to the News column compiles valuable Web resources on current and previous news topics. This week we have compiled a list of resources about religion. |
| RTNDF Ethics Project and Coverage Guidelines |
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation's Journalism Ethics program compiled this web page. |
| Standards for Education Reporters |
National Education Writers Association voluntary guidelines. |
The Washington Post's Policies on Sources, Quotations, Attribution, and Datelines
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Sources for newspeople and journalists that impact everyday news activities. |
| Washington News Council |
"An independent, nonprofit, statewide organization whose members share a common belief that fair, accurate and balanced news media are vital to our democracy." |
| Web Resources for Studying Journalism Ethics |
Department of Journalism, University of Hawai'i maintains links to Codes of Ethics, Ethical Philosophies and Philosophers, Organizations, etc. |
| Advertising |
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| Advertising Law and Ethics |
This site, from the Department of Advertising at the University of Texas at Austin, includes information on the First Amendment, current issues, subliminal appeals, tobacco and alcohol, children, sweepstakes, and contexts and lotteries. |
| Advertising News |
Includes articles on the slow growth of online advertising and the tobacco advertising ban that has been lifted in Europe. |
| Business and Entertainment News |
Includes articles on a reporter who was sent home from the Prince William Sound trip, a journalist who was pursued for hunting national secrets, and China Times. |
| Public Relations |
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| Crisis Management |
Includes several sites related to crisis management in public relations. |
| PR Codes of Ethics |
Links to several PR codes of ethics. |
| The Public Relations Society of America |
The Public Relations Society of America, headquartered in New York City, is the world's largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. The Society's nearly 20,000 members organized into 116 Chapters represent business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. This site contains links to Codes of Ethics governing Public Relations and a variety of other resources and publications related to the practice of public relations. |
| Entertainment |
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| Children's Internet Protection Act |
History and background of the controversial act. |
| Hollywood Censored: The Production Code |
A history of the controversial production code. |
| Rage Against the Machine: Media and Youth, Cultures of Violence |
A broad look at the culture of violence created by all kinds of media. |
| Should Libraries Pull the Plug on Web Site Obscenity? Kids, Porn and Library Censors |
A debate between two people on the issue of filtering in libraries. |
| The Australian Broadcasting Authority |
Contains codes of conduct for Community and Commercial TV and Radio broadcasters, the ABC and SBS. |
| Listservs |
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| IJN Journalism Ethics Forum |
The International Journalism Network's discussion group on important media issues and journalism training developments worldwide. |
| JournEthics |
This is an ethics in journalism forum maintained out of the Missouri School of Journalism. You may subscribe by sending a message to listproc@lists.missouri.edu and in the body of the subscription request message, type subscribe JOURNETHICS. |
| National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Listserv |
Sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association. This discussion group focuses generally on the profession of photjournalism, both print and electronic, and specifically on the members of the NPPA. Users may subscribe by sending a message to listserv@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu and in the body of the subscription request message, type subscribe NPPA-L. |
| Online Press Club--Journalism Forum |
This is the international press culb on CompuServe. The site includes a mail list forum and discussion group devoted to global issues in journalism. Membership is free and exclusive to CompuServe users. |
| Society of Professional Journalists |
An online discussion group and mail list forum dedicated to the discussion of journalism ethics and its sociological, political, and cultural imports. |
| Codes of Ethics |
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| American Society of Newspaper Editors |
This site features a comprehensive list of codes of ethics of various organizations, as collected by ASNE. these include codes of ethical conduct from national associations, news organizations, and regional presses. |
| ASNE Ethics Codes Collection |
Collection of ethics codes from different organizations. |
| Can You Improve Your Code of Ethics? |
ASNE asked two leading thinkers to analyze 33 current codes of ethics assembled by the Ethics and Values Committee. Their goal was to highlight the most common — and useful — ingredients of these documents to help editors evaluate their own codes, if they have one, or help editors create one, if they choose. |
| Codes of Ethics Online |
An introduction covers the debate about the function and value of codes of ethics. Also included is a helpful Index of Codes. The codes are organized by professional category and are drawn from the continually growing collection held by CSEP's Library and from the web. |
| Evolution of the RTNDA Code of Ethics |
As radio network news came into its own during World War II, so did local news just after the war. Stations that had made do with news editors who worked under program directors were now getting news departments headed by news directors. |
| Excerpts from Ethics Codes on Plagiarism |
A collection of samples related to plagiarism codes. |
| Independent Press Council's Codes of Ethics Page |
Codes of ethics from around the world. |
| Presscouncils.org |
A website devoted to media ethics and accountability systems. Includes information about media codes and press councils from around the world.
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RTNDA Code of Ethics |
The ethics code for the Radio-Television News Directors Association. |
