Ethics
This term is for when publishing or broadcasting a false statement maliciously or carelessly damages someone's reputation
What is libel?
This Brandeis alum took over as interim president in November 2024
Who is Arthur Levine?
This is a reporter's specialized area of coverage based on geography or topic
What is a beat?
This 2015 Oscar-winning film follows the Boston Globe’s investigative team uncovering child abuse within the Catholic Church
What is Spotlight?
This controversial Fox News anchor was dismissed from the network in 2023
Who is Tucker Carlson?
According to the SPJ Code of Ethics, journalists should avoid this practice, which involves accepting gifts, favors, or special treatment that could influence coverage
What is conflict of interest?
Launched by the Brandeis Innovation Center, this yearly event brings students together in teams to tackle social challenges through coding and design
What is DeisHacks?
This violent term is used to describe scrapping a completed story instead of publishing it as planned
What is kill?
In this 2000s TV show, Rory dreams of becoming a journalist and eventually works for her hometown local paper "The Star's Hollow Gazette"
This journalist worked at The New Republic from 1995 until they realized that he was fabricating his stories in 1998
Who is Stephen Glass?
This controversial practice of journalists hiding who they are to get a story raises ethical concerns about lying vs informing the public
What is undercover reporting?
Brandeis University has said the new student residence hall will be completed by this year
What is 2027?
This squirrely term describes the paragraph (or “graf”) that comes after a lede and sums up a story
What is nut graf?
Resident "how to" girl Andie Anderson, played by this actress, writes a column telling readers how not to act in a relationship in the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Who is Kate Hudson?
This disgraced entrepreneur and former CEO of Theranos falsely claimed her company’s blood-testing technology could revolutionize healthcare, leading to one of the biggest fraud scandals in Silicon Valley history
Who is Elizabeth Holmes?
This ethical controversy arises when journalists must decide whether to publish graphic or sensitive content that could traumatize audiences or victims
This former Spring Fest performer has won a Pulitzer Prize
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This is where the story was written. Example: IOWA CITY, Iowa
What is dateline?
In the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy, Peter Parker works as a freelance photographer for this gruff newspaper editor, who famously yells, “I want pictures of Spider-Man!”
Who is J. Jonah Jameson?
This Washington Post reporter, along with his colleague Carl Bernstein, broke the story of the Watergate scandal, ultimately leading to President Nixon's resignation in 1974
Who is Bob Woodward?
This SPJ standard requires journalists to take responsibility for their decisions, correct mistakes transparently, and expose unethical behavior within the journalism profession, including within their own organizations, to uphold public trust
What is accountability and transparency?
The Usen castle was condemned and torn down in this year
What is 2017?
This term hails back to the newspaper days. It refers to content that appears at the top of a page. Today, the phrase describes web content that’s visible without scrolling
What is above the fold?
In 1988's Die Hard, this character punches an unethical reporter in the face
Who is Holly Gennaro/Mcclane?
This 1981 Pulitzer Prize recipient had to return the award after it was revealed the story's main character, an 8 year old boy addicted to heroin likely didn't exist
Who is Janet Cook?