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May 27, 2003
Ethical questions - who's got answers?
Poynter's Ethics Journal has an interesting piece today called 10 questions and no answers. In light of the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times, Kelly McBride poses some useful questions about plagiarising and interview techniques that are relevant to anyone working in news. She asks: "Is it OK for radio disk jockeys to read the morning newspaper on the air if they don't attribute it? Is there a difference between plagiarizing your own clips and relying on the same phrases and descriptions over and over? When doing man-on-the-street stuff, should you ask for phone numbers? Addresses? How do you verify you really did the interview?"and so on. Read the full piece at http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=35006. And if anyone would like to comment on these or related issues, please feel free to leave a comment here. Posted by belinda at May 27, 2003 09:45 AMEmail this