The judge in the high-profile defamation case described the saga as an “omnishambles” - and the media are included in that.
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The caption may say that only scientists and trained professionals should handle wild animals, but viewers remember the image, not the words.
Generative AI is everywhere, including licensed software tools that news media use for their work. Everyone needs to learn more about these features, their risks and benefits.
Without independent evidence, the ABC is right not to adopt for itself terms such as ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid’, but equally it is right to report others making such allegations.
The “he said/she said” reporting of yesteryear no longer serves a democratic purpose. Media must do better at calling out lies and misinformation.
Maintaining impartiality does not require the media to publish nonsense, and certainly does not require them to publish nonsense without drawing attention to the facts or contrary evidence.
A new book argues that very rarely it is ethically justifiable to deceive to get a story. But mostly it’s a dangerous and harmful practice that adds to the public’s mistrust of the media.
There is a lot about Donald Trump that makes him attractive to the public, and alluring to the media. A scholar of political journalism has some suggestions about how to cover him.
The Australian media’s blanket coverage of the sovereign’s death was a reflection of public expectations, but it was allowed to drag on and became increasingly bizarre.
We all love random act of kindness. But before you ‘like’ or share that heartwarming video, ask yourself if it’s an authentic feel-good moment or an act of exploitation.
The major parties have come to control the way the media can cover election campaigns – leading to dress-up stunts and gotcha questions instead of meaningful journalism.
In trying to present violent events in ‘neutral’ language, media reports may be ignoring power imbalances when it comes to Israeli police or military violence against Palestinian civilians.
Today’s journalism students are less likely to find full-time jobs as professional journalists. The craft has become ‘post-industrial’, entrepreneurial and atypical.
A journalist’s role is to serve the public interest. But CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, by helping his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a scandal, put personal interests above the public’s.
Using state resources to sue media for spreading fake news is not the answer, and sets a bad precedent.
Palmer’s anti-lockdown ads were not breaching any laws, so the decision about whether to run them become a purely ethical one. In the end, Nine has made the right decision.
In a pandemic or any other emergency, the first ethical duty of the media is to report accurately and soberly, and specifically not to induce unjustified anxiety or panic.
Journalistic ethics demand ‘objectivity’ in reporting – but language forces us to take a position.
The media treated the rape allegation against Porter as a political story and watched it play out in the political process — without identifying the attorney-general.
What to publish on incendiary issues is a complex matter, but journalists needn’t believe that not publishing, when there is a good reason, violates and inviolable right.
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
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Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
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Associate Professor in Media and Communication, The University of Western Australia
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Journalism, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer Print and Online Journalism and Head of Media Ethics, University of Central Lancashire
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Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, AMREP Department of Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne & Senior Medical Oncologist and Palliative Care Physician, Melbourne Oncology Group, Cabrini Haematology and Oncology Centre, Wattletree Road, Malvern, Monash University
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