With fewer and fewer people (especially young people) reading printed newspapers, a lot of news coverage has migrated here.
ONLINE
100
What you might do to a painting OR what many media outlets did wrong in their reporting of the Duke Lacrosse case.
FRAME
100
Under "Minimize Harm," The SPJ Ethics Code says only this can justify intrusion into someone's privacy.
AN OVERRIDING PUBLIC NEED
100
People who could be impacted – positively or negatively – by your coverage decisions are known as what?
STAKEHOLDERS
200
In general, you should promise to keep a source anonymous to protect what from whom?
THE WEAK FROM THE STRONG
200
This person is an advocate for a media outlet’s consumers, and holds the outlet publicly accountable for the mistakes it makes in coverage.
OMBUDSMAN
200
Someone buying things at Wal-Mart OR an editorial format that only says good things about companies that advertise in the publication.
SHOPPER
200
Because people need to be able to protect themselves and to evaluate the performance of the police, these are one of the things that usually trumps an individual's privacy.
CRIMES (I would also accept "accidents")
200
This feeling can be part of the decision-making process, but it should not be the whole process.
GUT FEELING
300
Publishing the exact words spoken by a source and putting them within quotation marks is an example of what?
A DIRECT QUOTE
300
This type of information is only not for publication, but can be used if you can verify it from another attributed source.
"OFF THE RECORD"
300
What a police officer is on when she’s working OR a journalist’s responsibility to provide accurate, precise and substantive information about significant issues and events.
DUTY
300
In general, journalists don't usually cover suicides of private people unless they take place here.
IN PUBLIC
300
This is a systematic, logical way of analyzing ethical problems.
CRITICAL THINKING
400
With this type of information, you can report the general thrust of what is said by a source, but you can’t use any direct quotes.
"ON BACKGROUND"
400
The New York Sun was one of the first papers to focus on “news,” and this journalistic standard developed in response, as a way to appeal to larger and more literate audiences.
OBJECTIVITY
400
A science fiction way of duplicating people OR the most severe type of plagiarism.
CLONING
400
Meagan Simmons is suing a website for using
her mug shot in its ads without paying her for
it. This is an example of one of the four torts
that you can sue for invasion of privacy. Which one?
MISAPPROPRIATION
400
While truth-telling and avoiding conflicts of interest are two of the many ethical values to consider in decision-making, becoming famous or beating the competition at all costs are what?
NON-ETHICAL VALUES
500
“Off the Record” is often confused with what other type of information?
"NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION"
500
One of the six objectives of journalism is that our first _______________ is to the truth.
OBLIGATION
500
A circular, fruit-flavored candy OR what a photograph of a tragedy might be if it prevents future deaths or tragedies from happening.
LIFE SAVER
500
Whether or not a star athlete is cheating on his wife would be on this level of information.
WANT TO KNOW
500
In our Virtual Newsroom exercises, you are judged more on your process and ____________ than you are on your final decision.