Entries tagged with ethics/

Is Protection of Individual Privacy Still Important?

What is more important: our right to know? or individual privacy? Can varying degrees of importance really be given to these concepts? It’s really more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants situation. Often an individual’s right to privacy is outweighed by the publics right to know. But how the importance is weighed differs from news outlet to news outlet; and from journalist to journalist. These are the types of things any reporter and editor must consider before running a story—a conflict between duty and humanity. As stated in Doing Ethics in Journalism "journalists… are human beings… more than electronic button pushers."

Blogging vs. Mainstream Media

Once upon a time there was the press. And only those who could afford the printing or broadcasting costs could ever hope to play the game. Then came the internet, a world within our own, where the old adage that nothing is free no longer applies. Anyone with even the slowest computer and a dial-up connection can now become a member of the media.