Podcast Idea: Journalism Ethics
Journalism Ethics What is it? How do we define it? And how do we practice it? Journalistic integrity behind ethical journalism has a long and complicated history. All the way back to the Romans and their news publications on stone tabs to Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press. Fast forward to yellow journalism plaguing the media, perpetuating a culture for war-torn countries spreading propaganda. Now with modern day journalism battling the pendulum swing of politics and now its battle with artificial intelligence. Photo from WWD Historically, journalism has been used as a means of connecting people far and wide before technology allowed information to be at our fingertips at all hours of the day. Similarly from a culture perspective, journalists have worked to connect groups of people, but struggled early on to reach demographics of low-income societies as literacy rates were not sustainable. Economics and socio-political factors go hand in hand when it comes to journali...