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For UAlbany Journalism 200Z students: a regularly updated collection of classroom news, notable articles, reports on ethical controversies, legal conflicts and developments in the profession.
Novine i kafu Bosnia-Herzegovina
Newspaper distributor in Cairo streets
Resources on reporting and writing
- Thoughtful pieces about what journalism can and should be about
- Latest buzz on the news business
- Cyberjournalist -- search engines and sites
- Journalist Express -- desktop of links to news sources and research sites
- Journalism Net with facts, ideas, source finders
- Alternative news operations to check for info
- Ex LA Times reporter show how to do news
- FACS academic research for journalists
- Investigative Reporters and Editors
- American Press Intitute's listing of sources
- News organizations in US and around the world
- Duff Wilson's list of reporting tools
- Power Reporting
Blog Archive
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February
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- In honor of a class spent talking about apostrophe...
- Some outside advice on sources and reporting
- A wired journalist
- Research tool: Handy Google service
- A reminder about listening
- Catching the attention of readers
- Journalism school deans are making news, not neces...
- Best of the Short Class Bios
- How do you know if you have a good source?
- Do not come to class on Wednesday, Feb. 27
- "Winter Wonderland"
- Checking out a hunch
- Another plagiarism example
- BEST OF THE BLOGS 1
- Saying much using few words
- Use your powers of observation and take this test
- Out of the mouths of babes....
- Listening is the key to good interviewing
- Explaining without making readers and viewers feel...
- Words of wisdom
- For another view of the Joshua Bell piece -- consi...
- Where to find a story
- Is it unethical for journalists to vote?
- Gossip and News
- A good idea -- but a bad source
- For better notes -- develop a shorthand
- What did he say?
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3 comments:
After reading this article I can better understand why the question of whether or not it is unethical for journalists to vote is not so easy to answer. Yes, every American citizen has the right to vote from birth, but what would people think if a political reporter, who is supposed to be un-biased and objective, were to cast their ballot for a particular candidate. I can understand why people might look at their articles in a different light, knowing that they favor one candidate over another. However, I believe that it is still an individual choice for journalists to vote or not. A good journalist should be able to keep their personal opinion out of their writing, no matter what the issue is.
I agree, I believe that everyone should have a right to vote. The fact that journalists may be more educated in regards to politics, does not mean they should not vote. Journalists are people as well and should not be held back because of their jobs.
-Hila Michilovich
I believe that journalists still have the right to vote. They shouldn't state who they are voting for, but personally not for the public to know, just to keep things safe, they can. Journalists are Americans too and if they feel they want to vote than do it. It still shouldn't effect their work, but it is their right.
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