Unethical Journalists
Most of our unethical journalists stories were this.
What is fabricated or made up?
The landmark case where students wore black arm bands to school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The act of stealing others work and passing it off as your own.
What is plagiarism?
T/F: The first amendment protects all speech all the time.
False
Run it. It does not matter if they win or lose, it should be reported.
The author of Jimmy's World
Who is Janet Cooke?
In this case, the court sided with the school after a student made vulgar comments in a speech to the student body.
What is Bethel v. Fraser?
If you accept a bribe or gift, you are violating this section of the code of ethics.
Act Independently
What is Libel?
A student reporter for the newspaper uses information from another news outlet in a story without citing it. What do you do?
Don't run the story. If already published make a statement clarifying and correcting information.
"fire" or discipline student per code of conduct/student handbook
This journalist made up over 20 stories during his time as a journalist at The New Republic.
Who is Stephen Glass?
The phrase on the sign that Joseph Frederick held up at the Olympic Torch Relay resulting in his suspension.
What is "Bong hits 4 Jesus"
SPJ stands for
The Society of Professional Journalists
A spoken defamation.
Not acting independently.
This journalist stole multiple stories from other journalists and passed them off as his own.
Who is Jayson Blair?
The topics covered by the students involved in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
What is teen pregnancy?
What is divorce?
4 categories of the code of ethics.
See the Truth and Report It
Minimize Harm
Act independently
Be Accountable and Transparent
According to the Iowa Student Freedom of Expression Law you cannot encourage students to do the following.
Commit unlawful acts
Violate lawful school regulations
You hear rumors that students may have been kicked of NHS for good conduct policy violations. How do you approach this topic while remaining ethical in your reporting? Should you report on it at all?
Minimize harm- check with Mrs. Kingery the NHS advisor before attempting to report on a rumor. Ask yourself if you were in this position if you would be okay with it in the newspaper, overall probably not report on it.
This journalist trusted a source who ended up to be lying to her.
Who is Sabrina Rubin Erdely?
The story Katy Dean wrote for the student newspaper was about this topic.
What are bus diesel fumes causing cancer/illness?
What is photo illustration?
Name the five first amendment freedoms.
Press, Speech, Religion, Petition, Assembly
You are writing a personality profile on a student in your grade. When you ask them about their favorite and least favorite class the student says "I don't like my English class because my teacher kinda sucks and I like other subjects better anyway"
Do you run the quote as is? What could be the implications if you do?
No, could strain the relationship between student and teacher. Something said in passing is completely different than something being sent into publication. Long term impact.