Transparency can be a difficult thing to maintain while covering a divisive issue like the potential Humboldt County Landfill.
Nevada Trash Talk contributor Jamie Roice spoke with Caesar Andrews–Paul A. Leonard Distinguished Visiting Chair for Ethics and Writing in Journalism at UNR—to talk about journalism, ethics, transparency and Journalism Week 2010.
Andrews said a journalist should first consider the mindset of his or her readers and viewers before creating content.
“I would start by looking at it from the perspective of the audience, and I would think through what does an audience need to know about this issue,” Andrews said. “And that’s actually going to lead to a lot of answers to other questions that crop up.”
Andrews hosted a hands-on, interactive ethics discussion Thursday, March 4 at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Audience members split into groups and considered some theoretical ethics issues from the perspectives of newspaper editors, bloggers, independent journalists and Web moderators.
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