Ethics in journalism

List of Illustrations

Preface

Part 1. Principles and Guidelines

1. The Search for Principles

2. The Study of Ethics

Part 2. Telling the Truth

3. Truth and Objectivity

4. Errors

5. Transparency

6. Faking the News

Part 3. Reporting the News

7. Working with Sources

8. The Government Watch

9. The Shady World of Unnamed Sources

10. Deception

Part 4. Compassion and the Journalist

11. Compassion, Privacy, and Ordinary Citizens

12. Privacy for Political Leaders

13. Compassion and Photographers

Part 5. Conflicts of Interest

14. Journalists and Their Communities

15. Freebies and Financial Concerns

16. The Business of Journalism

Discussion of Cases

Index