Links for MCOM280 Ethics Discussion
 

Ethical Codes:

• SPJ Code of Ethics 
• Poynter Ethics Blog 
• Bob Steele: Ask These 10 Questions to Make Good Ethical Decisions (Poynter)  

Melissa Click Case:

• University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change (NY Times) 
• ‘I Need Some Muscle’: Missouri Activists Block Journalists (NY Times)
• Why Missouri professor Melissa Click is Public Enemy No. 1 for conservatives right now 
  (Washington Post) 
• Dear Melissa Click: Your Apology Is Bulls*** (Huffington Post)
• There’s a good reason protesters at the University of Missouri didn’t want the media around 
  (Washington Post) 

Mike Daisey/NPR Case:

• Original Broadcast 
  Clip 1 | Clip 2 | Clip 3 | Clip 4 | Clip 5 
• NPR Follow-up 
• Theater, Disguised as Real Journalism (NY Times) 

Polly Klaas Case:

• Klaas family flees court during ghastly testimony (SF Chronicle)
• Davis Provokes Polly's Dad at Sentencing (SF Chronicle) 
• Mercury News photo 
• San Diego Union-Tribune cartoon 

Drowning Child Case:

• Bakersfield Californian photo 
• Arrest story 

Budd Dwyer Case:

• News conference photo 
• "How TV Covered The Dwyer Suicide" (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Bin Laden Death Leak:

• Original Tweet 
• How the Bin Laden Announcement Leaked Out (NY Times)

News Personality Story:

• KTVU Personality Pat McCormick Dies (AdWeek) 
• Update on Pat McCormick (SFGate)