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Cyber Discussion: Burning Questions on Ethics and Credibility

By Warren Watson | Friday, February 13, 2004

Warren Watson poses ethics questions to editors in the wake of Jack Kelley's resignation from the staff of USA TODAY in the latest issue involving ethics and credibility and the media.

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Post your thoughts: Prosecuting the story

API offers resources and sessions on ethics and skeptical editing

By Warren Watson | Tuesday, January 13, 2004

The issues of journalism ethics and credibility are in the news again with this week's resignation of USA Today reporter Jack Kelley. This latest episode comes in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times. The following is a special API report on skeptical editing and prosecuting stories.

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Audio from API's Publishers’ Forum on Ethics and Responsibility

By Chad Capellman | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Comments from participants in API's first Publishers’ Forum on Ethics and Responsibilities: » Jim Crutchfield, President & Publisher, Akron Beacon Journal
» Steven Knowlton, Professor of Journalism, Hofstra University
» Peggy Kuhr, Knight Chair, University of Kansas, School Of Mass Communications
» Jack Nelson, Chief Washington Correspondent, (retired), Los Angeles Times

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To run, or run from, a story: Publishers tackle tough questions

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Journalists attending API’s first Publishers’ Forum on Ethics and Responsibility reacted to a hypothetical situation in which a newspaper reporter in a conservative, religious town writes a story about oral sex among middle and high school students.

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Josephson's ethics tune getting more play after scandals

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Ethicist, provocateur and list-maker Michael Josephson has never been more in vogue. He’s been cajoling and scaring people straight about ethics since 1985. One of his favorite audiences has been the newspaper industry.

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Publishers: Reach beyond the resume when researching potential employees

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Hiring for character, not for skills was one of many concepts that intrigued publishers and newspaper executives at an American Press Institute forum Sept. 29-30.

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Publishers get personal with ethics

By Joyce Gemperlein | Tuesday, September 30, 2003

What qualities would you consider important in a person who wanted to date your son or daughter? That question was posed by ethicist Michael Josephson at the American Press Institute’s first Publishers’ Forum on Ethics and Responsibilities.

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Ombudsmen weigh in on changes at the New York Times

By API Staff | Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Following the recent changes at the New York Times that included the appointment of a "public editor" by new executive editor Bill Keller, API surveyed several ombudsmen and journalism educators for their take on the situation.

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Josephson tells attendees 'Hire for character, train for skills'

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, June 26, 2003

Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics closed the API/ASNE Newsroom Reporting and Editing Standards seminar with his thought as the only non-journalist in attendance.

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Shelledy candidly chronicles his saga in Salt Lake

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, June 26, 2003

With remarkable candor, James Shelledy told attendees at the API/ASNE Newsroom Reporting and Editing Standards seminar how he became the former editor of The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Suggestions for formulating standards and workable policies

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, June 26, 2003

Participants at the API/ASNE editors forum agreed that solutions to newspaper ethical lapses lie in better leadership and management.Here are the highlights of their suggestions:

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For particpants, nothing routine about revisiting ethics in Reston

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, June 26, 2003

The agenda for 31 newspaper editors and executives attending an API/ASNE forum seemed forthright and even mundane: “Newsroom Reporting and Editing Standards.” But lately that’s been a riveting subject, loaded with controversy and emotion – both for journalists and for the public.

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A marketing perspective on the editors' forum: It's partly about customer service

By Elaine R. Clisham | Wednesday, June 25, 2003

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Bad behavior has its consequences

By Charles Pittman | Thursday, June 12, 2003

Just as the reporting of Jayson Blair has raised questions, so too did the leadership style of former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines.

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API Audio - Oregonian Editor Peter Bhatia

ASNE President appears at API seminar

By Chad Capellman | Friday, June 06, 2003

API discussed ethics, the New York Times and the FCC with this year's ASNE president

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API Audio - Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor Douglas Clifton

Talking with the 2003 E&P Editor of the Year about the situation at the New York Times

By Chad Capellman | Thursday, June 05, 2003

API talked with Douglas Clifton about the impact of the Jayson Blair affair on the New York Times and journalism as a whole on the day editors Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd resigned from the paper. Mr. Clifton is editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and was named 2003 Editor & Publisher Editor of the Year.

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Don't Mistake Tradition for True Ethics

By James Crutchfield | Thursday, June 05, 2003

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For Journalism, a Sobering Day

By William L. Winter Ph.D| Thursday, June 05, 2003

What has happened at The Times is a tragedy not only for an amazing journalistic institution, but for the Times writers and editors who have been stained by the ongoing revelations in their newsroom, and for the profession as a whole.

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Copy desks' high-wire act

By Kenn Finkel | Saturday, April 26, 2003

When copy desks pay little or no attention to editing wire copy, is it any wonder that readers are losing confidence in newspapers?

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Wall, shmall. In the online world, journalists and ad people have seats at the same table

By MJ Bear | Saturday, June 01, 2002

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Outgoing president's speech at ASNE annual convention

By Tim McGuire | Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Delivered by Tim J. McGuire, outgoing president of the American Society of News Editors, at the ASNE Annual Convention, April 9-12, 2002, Washington, D.C.

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'We need a galvanizing force'

By Tim McGuire | Monday, April 01, 2002

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News credibility: Clarity starts at home

By MJ Bear | Tuesday, January 01, 2002

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Believe it: Consumers get the Web, and media workers don't

By Andrew Nachison | Saturday, December 01, 2001

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Earning the right

The title 'journalist' should not come easy

By Kenn Finkel | Saturday, December 01, 2001

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