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Analyses/ Commentary Articles

Fall 2007,
Vol. 19, No. 1


More Philosophy Means More Relevance

John Armstrong
John Armstrong argues that more philosophy means more relevance.


"Unprecedented." "Groundbreaking." "One of a Kind." How the Washington News Council studied the Spokane Spokesman-Review

John Hamer
writes the story of a unique collaboration between a newspaper and a news council






Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies

Howard Good
takes journalism ethics to the movies




Tell a Different Story: How the News Media Ought to Cover the Pre-primary Presidential Campaign

Andrew R. Cline
suggests how the news media ought to cover early political campaigns



Newsroom Ethics and Sports Journalists

Marie Hardin
discusses newsroom ethics and sports journalists






This Documentary Moment

Robb Moss
analyzes this documentary moment



Journalism as a Calling

Kenneth Harwood
defines journalism as a calling




Merrill's Musings...Academic Media Ethics Courses: Factors for Frustration

John C. Merrill
muses about the frustration found in academic media ethics courses



Less is More

Thomas W. Cooper
maintains that less is more








The Ethics of Exposing Sexual Affairs: An Inside Look at the "Flynting" of Politicians

Robert D. Richards & Clay Calvert
look at Larry Flynt exposing sexual affairs in Hustler




A Teaching Moment

Earlier this week, as I was uncapping a red pen to work on page proofs, the final step for this issue of Media Ethics, I was sent an AP story with the upsetting headline "Journalism Professor Admits Plagiarism." Upset gave way to shock when I saw who was named as the journalism professor....



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