Theories & Links
MEAA Code... Australian journalists ethics code
Guiding Principles for the Journalist...Poynter's Bob Steele looks at three guiding principles and some implications.
The ethics of blogging...Over the course of the past year, I've had quite a lot of experience with the intersection between blogging and journalistic ethics. I have been accused, and have accused others, of blogging unethically. So I've decided to outline my thoughts here, in the hope of starting a discussion.
Journalistic Ethics, Codes of...Turns out there are bunches of them, as Len Witt notes. I tend to go with Jeff Jarvis' notion that the basics are pretty simple -- "Don't lie. Don't sell out." -- though the devil, as always, is in the details. Good discussion at Dan Gilmour's blog.
Resources: Journalism Ethics
Poynter Online: Ethics
Poynter has a section with a range of resources about journalism ethics.
Ethics Case Studies
A great resource from the University of Bloomington with a huge range of articles dealing with real world ethical case studies.
US Codes
The American Society of Newspaper Editors has a set of weblinks to codes by major US organisations and major newspapers.
EthicNet
A comprehensive set of links maintained by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, Finland which has good information on European codes.
