Transparency and the New Ethics of Journalism

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Phillips, Angela. 2010. Transparency and the New Ethics of Journalism. Journalism Practice, 4(3), pp. 373-382. ISSN 1751-2786 [Article]

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Professional journalists rate investigating, fact checking, and standards of accuracy, high among the qualities that set them apart from amateur journalists and bloggers (Kovach, and Rosenstiel, 2001 Fenton and Witschge 2009). This paper addresses the spread and the implications of news “cannibalization”, (taking material from other news organisations, without attribution). It asks how the loss of exclusivity is impacting on practices of reporting and on standards of “accuracy” and “sincerity” (Williams 2002) and suggests that establishing new standards of transparency could help protect professional reporting in the new, networked era, as well as improving ethical standards in journalism.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/17512781003642972