Beschreibung:
Using case studies and historical analysis, this book traces changes in ways that journalists understood their ethical responsibilities during the pre-internet twentieth century. Each chapter in this book explores a historical development in the evolution of journalists' perceptions of their role as professionals.
Using case studies and historical analysis, this book traces changes in ways that journalists understood their ethical responsibilities during the pre-internet twentieth century. Each chapter in this book explores a historical development in the evolution of journalists’ perceptions of their role as professionals.
Introduction: Journalism’s Ethical Progression
Gwyneth Mellinger
Chapter 1: The Progressive Era’s Social Awakening and the Soul of the News
Ronald R. Rodgers
Chapter 2: A “Failure to Take Itself Seriously”: The Canons of Journalism and the Model of Inaction
Ken J. Ward
Chapter 3: The Lippmann-Dewey “Debate”: Roles and Responsibilities of Journalists in a Democratic Society
Tim Klein and Elisabeth Fondren
Chapter 4: Francis Biddle and the Jennings Case in 1934-35: A Labor Union, the First Amendment, and Government Oversight
Patrick S. Washburn and Michael S. Sweeney
Chapter 5: Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker’s Legacy of Pacifism
Bailey Dick
Chapter 6: War Correspondents, Women’s Interests, and World War II
Carolyn M. Edy
Chapter 7: Conflicts of Interest in Journalism: Debating a Post-Hutchins Ethical Self-Consciousness
Gwyneth Mellinger
Chapter 8: Ethical Duty and the Right to Know: Sam Ragan’s Crusades to Provide the Public with Access to Information
Erin K. Coyle
Chapter 9: “Blackening Up Journalism”: An Ethical Imperative for Newsroom Diversity
Gwyneth Mellinger and Erin K. Coyle
Conclusion: Journalism Ethics Now and Then
John P. Ferré