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of journalism in a democracy, the importance of ethics, what's
wrong with much of today's journalism, and other lessons I've
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What's New...
December, 2007: I am joining a new venture at M.I.T., the Center for Future Civic Media, as research director. I will remain publisher of the New England Ethnic Newswire which will become a partnership between M.I.T. and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. I hope this new partnership will further enhance the Newswire's role as an experimental web portal for civic engagement across ethnic and other boundaries. Click here to read a press release about this new development.
University Journalism Education: A Global Challenge
Most new professional journalists around the world come out of university journalism programs--which is both good and bad news. A report to the Center for International Media Assistance, August 2007.
NEWZ
New England Ethnic News is a one-stop ethnic news summary, training resource and public forum for New England. This nonprofit website was designed by volunteers brought together by the Center on Media and Society at UMass Boston.
Journalism Ethics
Some people laugh at the idea that journalists might have “ethics.” What about all those sensational stories, the scandals where reporters make things up, the hypocrisy and lack of honesty that people think they experience every day in the media? What about all those journalists who say they are fair and balanced, and they just seem to spout what the powerful want them to say?
Well that certainly that isn’t the kind of journalism we support at the Center on Media and Society at UMass Boston. We look for those journalists who do their best to be honest, accurate, independent and fair, on behalf of all the people.
Click here to read this article.
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