Some news organizations use pricey proprietary software to check for plagiarism, but if you're in a small newsroom or run a blog, these free versions will give you an idea of whether your text has been previously published.
Forget speaking fees or freebies: relationships with human sources may be the biggest ethics liability for today's journalists, says Reuters blogger Felix Salmon.
In addition to knowing the subject matter and writing a clear and accurate story, the business journalist also must be aware of potential ethical conflicts that may arise.
Journalists should gauge the public interest before deciding to cover a story, but defining that interest can be a difficult process. Bob Eggington of Media Helping Media explains how journalists can use a public interest test to ensure reporting is ethical, newsworthy and relevant to society.
Ethics for Media and the Center for International Media Ethics offered an intensive online course in "J-ethinomics," a combination of journalism, ethics and economics. IJNet took the course and came away with these insights.
“We analyze, we explain and we spin. Yes, spin,” says Time Asia editor Zoher Abdoolcarim. “It’s OK to spin as long as you’re truthful, informed, transparent and add to the body of knowledge.”
Digital media entrepreneurs struggling to survive can take inspiration from the story of an independent newspaper publisher in a country of the former Soviet Union.
