Chapter 6
1. Meeting your ethical responsibilities as a journalist involves having a good sense of what your general
responsibilities are. Think about the type of job you’d like to have after graduation (TV producer, sports
2. Discuss with your classmates how you use journalism in your daily life. Should standards be different
for journalists? Read this post from Poynter.org on how to use Facebook ethically:
3. Watch the last 10 minutes of Jayson Blair’s address to students at Washington and Lee University,
found online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFePfsBlocA&feature=related. (The best
4. Watch some excerpts from recent movies or television shows about journalists. (One good one is
“State of Play,” starring Russell Crowe. Or see other suggestions at:
http://teachj.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/10-great-journalism-movies-for-summer/). Where do the
5. Select a case from the Indiana University page listing a variety of journalistic ethical scenarios (found
at http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/). Each member of your class should choose a
different case. On a discussion thread set up for the class post brief details about your case, and then