"Verification" / Bill Kovach & Tom Rosenstiel
- Never add anything that was not there
- Never deceive the audience
- Be as transparent as possible about your methods/motives
- Reply on your own original reporting
- Exercise humility
"The 10 Commandments of News" / John Maxwell Hamilton & George A. Krimsky
Thou shalt not:
- Lie or intentionally alter the truth
- Lie to or threaten a source
- Report rumors or other unverified information
- Suppress or omit opinion with which one disagrees
- Show favoritism/personal bias in one's reporting/writing
- Misrepresent oneself or use deception to get a story
- Plagiarize words or ideas
- Tap or tape telephone conversations without permission
- Use one's position for personal gain
- Do anything that may be construed as a conflict of interest
As a response to the other standards on the handout, I believe that respecting other people's privacy and using sensitivity when working with children and people is super important. This goes along with what Roberta was mentioning about respecting another's voice. As a journalist, one must be cautious, respectful, and to not abuse their power because whatever they write, WILL be permanent. You can't take back what you written or said.
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Week 8, Vocabulary:
a. Libel - defamation (the act of ruining one's reputation; slander) by written or printed words, pictures, spoken words/gestures
b. Shield Laws - laws protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information
c. Prior Restraint - a court order banning publication of unpublished material
d. Fair use - the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
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Textbook website response: "Section 18: The Law of Defamation"
- The defamation law is also known as libel
- Defamation material is any material that discredits a person. It tends to lower them in the estimation of others and causes them to be shunned/avoided, or while being exposed to hatred, ridicule, or contempt. Also refers to, "to lower in the estimation of right-thinking people."
- Any person or company has the right to sue for damage of their reputation caused by material published to a third party (this includes materials published online). They can sue as long as they are reasonably identifiable from whatever material is defamatory of them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/page/guidelines-law-defamation
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Week 8, Vocabulary:
a. Libel - defamation (the act of ruining one's reputation; slander) by written or printed words, pictures, spoken words/gestures
b. Shield Laws - laws protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information
c. Prior Restraint - a court order banning publication of unpublished material
d. Fair use - the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
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Textbook website response: "Section 18: The Law of Defamation"
- The defamation law is also known as libel
- Defamation material is any material that discredits a person. It tends to lower them in the estimation of others and causes them to be shunned/avoided, or while being exposed to hatred, ridicule, or contempt. Also refers to, "to lower in the estimation of right-thinking people."
- Any person or company has the right to sue for damage of their reputation caused by material published to a third party (this includes materials published online). They can sue as long as they are reasonably identifiable from whatever material is defamatory of them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/page/guidelines-law-defamation
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