Interviewing juveniles can raise ethical issues. The first is: could this interview (or this video, this photograph) unwittingly expose this young person to harm? We all have a duty to protect the ... Full article
Honesty can earn a journalist more respect than fine writing, especially among colleagues. An honest journalist, in turn, has overriding respect for the facts of a situation. Beware the cynical ... Full article
Journalistic ethics can boil down to a simple matter of fairness: ask yourself, if I were the subject of this story would I feel I had been justly treated? Have important, relevant facts been ... Full article
Let ethics inform your judgement throughout the gathering and writing of a story. In the end, ethics is a vital part of your credibility as a journalist.
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Don’t base your stories just on what officials and 'experts' say – talk to the people who are actually affected, they’re ... Full articleActive beats passive
Use active sentence structures - they generally have more impact than passive ones. The man shot the dog… rather than ... Full article