We talked today about personal newsroom ethics: How reporters should conduct themselves to gain the trust and respect of their sources and readers.
Now It's time to draft some do's and don'ts for your high school newsrooms. What do you recommend for a school code of ethics? Please give five to 10 strong bullet points.
Your codes could address accuracy, fairness, conflicts of interest, accountability, plagiarism, how errors will be addressed and more. The codes could address text as well as images, video and social media. Please focus on what you think is relevant for your school's publication(s).
Please read the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics, and at least one of the following before writing:
The Washington Post Code of Ethics,
the National Press Photographers Association code,
RTDNA's code and
NPR's code.
Now It's time to draft some do's and don'ts for your high school newsrooms. What do you recommend for a school code of ethics? Please give five to 10 strong bullet points.
Your codes could address accuracy, fairness, conflicts of interest, accountability, plagiarism, how errors will be addressed and more. The codes could address text as well as images, video and social media. Please focus on what you think is relevant for your school's publication(s).
Please read the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics, and at least one of the following before writing:
The Washington Post Code of Ethics,
the National Press Photographers Association code,
RTDNA's code and
NPR's code.
