Posts Tagged ‘Ethics’

I love strikethrough text

I love what should be the new world of corrections. Bow to the all-mighty strikethrough text. If someone calls you out on an error, fix it and fix it fast, but keep the mistake in with the cross out, so you don’t hide the mistake. This shows transparency, a story’s growth and, really, keeps you, [...]

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Disclaimer: transparency on a journalist Web site

I have a disclaimer page on this Web site now. Last week I wrote about my writing a letter on behalf of a mentor of mine. He is leaving my alma mater Temple University after being pressured out. This is a subject about which I have a personal investment. All journalists should use their personal [...]

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Casting objectivity aside and supporting a former professor

Journalists are supposed to stay uninvolved. I get this. I like this. But sometimes it doesn’t work. Reporters are still people. Eugene Martin, a professor and mentor of mine while at Temple University, is being forced out of his native Philadelphia’s largest research institution. Because of my close relationship with him, I felt I needed [...]

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Disclosures

This is where I will post any potential biases or conflicts of interest. I do not feel the below work or relationships cloud my ethics as a journalist, but transparency is of the utmost importance. If you have any questions or comments, contact me here. To see a more complete list of my work and [...]

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