Ethics in Journalism

Today in my Online Journalism class we discussed what the expectations are of people who read new stories online of the new sources and what the responsibilities are of that news source. There was a fair deal of overlap between the two. One of the things that I came up with is that because online news media seems to be where the industry is headed these days, when I read a news story online, I expect it to be written just as well if not better than in a newspaper. I expect that the journalist who wrote the story did not sacrifice good writing and well done research for timeliness or quantity. I also expect that the journalist did his own research and reporting and is not just reporting on reporting or taking stories from other online sources. 

As I write in this blog for the next nine weeks, I will take these expectations that I assume to be universal throughout the blogging and online journalism community into account at all times. I vow to always create original and well-written entries that will engage heated debates and hopefully questions that have no apparent absolute truth or answer. I will always research my topics to see what has already been written on the matter and do my best to put and new and fresh spin or perspective on it. I hope you enjoy reading this over the next academic quarter. Happy Blogging!