Major Western media organizations have established sets of editorial guidelines and ethical standards. At the core of most of these guidelines are journalists’ dedication to truth, fairness, impartiality and objectivity.
The Romanian senate passed a law last week requiring the media to provide their audiences with 50 percent positive news. The bill’s creators say the law will help fight the harms of negative news and its effects on people’s lives.
At the core of the U.S. government campaign to spread democracy in the Middle East is an Arabic language television network called Al-Hurra (“The Free One”).
It is no secret that traditional media outlets are being threatened by the rise of citizen journalism. A close look at citizen journalism reveals that much of it is specific to a target or local audience, sometimes called hyperlocal news.
In the aftermath of the recent earthquake in China, many radio reports coming out of Sichuan province featured journalists who were outwardly distraught and emotional; National Public Radio reporters Robert Siegel and Melissa Block, from the U.S., admitted they got “choked up” and even cried on air, which they said made their coverage of the devastation more real.
As technology makes it increasingly easier for journalists to work remotely, more and more editors are equipping mobile journalists, or “mojos,” with the tools to work exclusively outside the newsroom, recording, shooting and writing stories … some even from their cars.
The U.S. television network, NBC, airs a program aimed at identifying and detaining child sex abusers. On 'To Catch a Predator,' decoys log into chatrooms and identify themselves as minors, while NBC cameras are sent to catch the offender. Recently, Iranian TV partnered with police to apply similar techniques to identify drivers who abuse females on the street.
A new study has found "unique visitors" to be the most important metric of a story's traction online, but there are a number of factors journalists can note to decide if the story has been a success. How do you measure the value of your work?
Sensor journalism lets newsrooms capture and report on their own data instead of depending on governments or other sources. The growing practice raises privacy and safety concerns.
Citizen journalists help cover revolutions, offer personal takes on breaking news and tell stories that would otherwise go untold. How does this impact the role of freelance journalism?
The Romanian senate passed a law last week requiring the media to provide their audiences with 50 percent positive news. The bill’s creators say the law will help fight the harms of negative news and its effects on people’s lives.
