The First Amendment
This freedom protects your ability to express ideas without government interference.
What is speech?
This SPJ principle emphasizes accuracy and verification.
What is seek truth and report it?
This philosopher is associated with the origins of ethical inquiry 2,500 years ago.
Who is Socrates?
This form of defamation involves false statements that are written or published.
What is libel?
Taking a knee is considered this type of speech.
What is symbolic speech?
Who ultimately decides what the First Amendment means.
What is the Supreme Court?
True or False: Journalists are legally required to follow the SPJ Code of Ethics.
What is false?
This method involves constant questioning to test ideas.
What is the Socratic Method?
Public officials must prove this higher standard in libel cases.
What is actual malice?
True or False: The First Amendment guarantees reporters the right to protect confidential sources.
What is false?
These are the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
What are speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
This SPJ principle reminds journalists to show compassion and sensitivity.
What is minimize harm?
These four forces shape our values.
What are parents, peer groups, role models, and institutions?
Actual malice means publishing something known to be false or showing ...
What is reckless disregard for the truth?
This form of defamation involves false statements that are spoken.
What is slander?
This term describes government restrictions on what may be published.
What is prior restraint?
This SPJ principle warns journalists to avoid conflicts of interest.
What is act independently?
Aristotle’s golden mean involves balancing these two ideas in journalism.
What are telling the truth and minimizing harm?
Private individuals have to prove what when suing for defamation?
This historic publication reinforced the idea that citizens are entitled to know what their government is doing, even when national security is invoked.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This famous case established strong protection against government censorship before publication.
What is Near v. Minnesota?
This SPJ principle stresses admitting mistakes and correcting errors.
What is be accountable?
This ethical framework encourages journalists to avoid extremes and seek balance.
What is Aristotle’s Golden Mean?
This Supreme Court case protects criticism of public officials.
What is New York Times v. Sullivan?
This case drew a crucial distinction in libel law by granting greater protection to private individuals than public figures.
What is Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.?