Journalism Today

Introduction he Society of Professional Journalists has outlined a code of ethics that has been voluntarily embraced by many journalists as a guide to ethical journalism. Here are the main points of the SPJ Code of Ethics: * Seek truth and report it * Minimize harm * Act independently * Be accountable Do you think the media you consume lives up to this standard?

Introduction  he demonstrations and protests around the Arab world that began in late 2010 have come to be known as the Arab Spring. The protests ousted rulers in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. The protesters used techniques such as civil resistance as well as the use of social media to organize, while state governments tried to suppress and censor organizing via the Internet.

Introduction Citizen journalism is the concept of public citizens playing an active role in reporting news and information. New media technologies that allow citizens to post and share media such as videos has fostered the growth of citizen journalism in the 21st century. The idea is that everyone who can publish electronically is a journalist. Additionally, the prominence of technology often allo

Introduction Facts or fiction Facts: the basic building blocks of journalism. But what is a fact? FactCheck.org is a nonprofit and non-partisan website that aims to be a ‘consumer advocate’ for voters by reducing levels of deception in U.S. politics. It is housed at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The content that FactCheck.org produces are responses to what i