JOUR 258 - Ethics for Print and Online Journalists

Course Description
In their work, journalists and communicators are required to make decisions regularly about whom to talk to and use as sources, what information is appropriate to publish, and how to balance the competing demands of public versus private interest. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the practice of ethical decision-making in journalism. Topics to be covered include sourcing practices and issues of personal privacy, manipulation by, and of, the media, censorship and self-censorship, and coverage of civil law proceedings.

3 Credits:

Equivalent Course(s):

JOUR 204