Common Sense Journalism

An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Unknown (often improperly attributed to Thomas Jefferson)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire "Common sense is instinct; enough of it is genius" - George Bernard Shaw

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Blog ethics

Speaking of ethics, Martin Kuhn, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina, has started a project to examine ethics in the blogosphere.

Visit his Blog Ethics blog and comment on some of the questions he's posted.

As he puts it:
I have recently started a project that seeks to determine what ethic (if any) is at work in the blogosphere. Also, I am trying to uncover any "duties" bloggers
think they may or may not have and to whom.

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At 1/20/05, 10:19 PM, Martin said...: Douglas,

Thank you very much for pointing to my blog ethics project. I have posted my results...a proposed code. Please feel free to visit and comment. Happy New Year by the way!

-Martin

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Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Blog ethics

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