Video and Multimedia

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Video

Journalism Ethics and Rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv-J_ArEJ8w
This video describes certain offenses that can end a journalist’s career and get students into trouble.

Media Law and Ethics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjuePfhfDP8
This video discusses ethics of privacy in media.

The 5-5 Journalism Code of Ethics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb70x5VSVS4
This video describes the 5-5 code of ethics.

Audio

“Billionaires, Libel, & the Future of Journalism”
http://www.wnyc.org/story/billionaires-libel-future-journalism/
From WNYC, this episode of On the Media explores how libel laws affect the press.

“Facebook Caught Doing Journalism”
http://www.wnyc.org/story/facebook-caught-doing-journalism/
This episode of On the Media looks at the role Facebook has taken—or not—as users disseminate media through the platform.

“Job of Reporters”
http://www.wnyc.org/story/job-of-reporters-2017/
This episode of On the Media features a discussion of the ethics behind Buzzfeed’s decision to publish a dossier about President Trump.

Web

“The Complicated Ethics of Serial, the Most Popular Podcast of All Time”
https://thinkprogress.org/the-complicated-ethics-of-serial-the-most-popular-podcast-of-all-time-6f84043de9a9#.2fwo08ssj
This article explores the ethical issues in the hit podcast that investigated a murder in 1999.