Sunday, March 12, 2006
The ethics project
By Richard Chacon
The Boston GlobePublished: 3/12/06
Excerpt:
Most journalists, including many of those at The Boston Globe, would
insist that they possess a solid ethical foundation for the work they
do every day.
Yet even the most experienced journalist would
benefit from a regular reexamination of journalistic ethics -- the
standards and practices we use to determine what we report and why, in
our quest to uncover and explain the truth for the public.
Sixteen
American journalists -- including this one -- gathered last week at the
Poynter Institute for Media Studies to begin a yearlong journey of
ethical reexamination of our news organizations, our industry, and
ourselves. The Poynter Ethics Fellows -- the fifth class named by the
institute -- have agreed to perform special projects designed to
strengthen ethical practices in journalism.
''There have been a
number of high-profile ethical failures in American journalism in
recent years," said Bob Steele, senior faculty for ethics at the
institute. ''These stumbles and worse have rocked the confidence in
journalism for many citizens and caused considerable concern within the
ranks of journalism. We've failed at times to measure up in our skills,
failed at other times when it comes to accuracy and fairness."
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