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materials that offend community standards and lack artistic purpose
What is obscenity?
Copying a sentence from Newsweek magazine and not citing the source
What is plagiarizing?
False or damaging information
What is libel?
Using confidential medical records without the person's conscent
What is invasion of privacy?
racial, ethnic, gender or religious insults
Removal of material by an authority
What is censorship?
necessary, but occasionally embarrassing for the newspaper staff
usually a result of someone not researching deeply enough
What is slander?
restricts what the public can know about sensitive legal issues
What is the gag rule?
someone who refuses to be quoted
private sources
Journalists should be wary of information from ________________ sources.
What is private?
Ethical reporters should always strive for ________________ when covering events.
What is accuracy?
An adviser, principal, or superintendent can play an important role in creating a ___________________ protecting the rights of student reporters
What is a policy?
Journalists are ________________ to the readers, listeners, viewers, and each other.
What is accountable?
_____________ is more serious than _____________ because it is more permanent and can have long-lasting effects.
What are libel and slander
The principals prohibit students to wear these in the court case Tinker vs. Des Moines
After the Court's decision on Bethel vs. Fraser, school boards now have the authority to decide this
What is offensive speech?
These subjects were discussed in the newspaper articles that were objected to by officials at Hazelwood School
What are divorce and teen pregnancy?
The year Tinker v. Des Moines took place
1965
The four tenets of The Code of Ethics for journalists
What are:
1. seeking and reporting the truth
2. minimizing harm (respect)
3. acting independently
4. accountability
Suggestions one should consider before printing sensitive material
recheck facts
try to find more than one source
contact people to get both sides of a story
exercise good judgement
1. freedom of religion
2. freedom of speech
3. freedom of petition
4. freedom of assembly
5. freedom of expression
6. freedom of press
The year Bethel v. Fraser took place
What is 1983?
The year Hazelwood School v. Kuhlmeier took place
What is 1983?