A note for the asking

Dear Readers

Firstly, if you are reading this please let me know. I am currently under the impression that only my lecturer and mother read my blog, and well, it would be lovely knowing that someone reads this because they actually want to. So first port of call after reading this would be to post a comment please!

Evolution vs. Extinction

Traditional journalism values and ethics have provided a steady moral ground from which the journalist begins his work; it is the basis of many a first year journalism student’s theory lessons, it is the start of a code of conduct for any publication, and they were the basics from which broadcast ethics and laws stemmed.

Kendyl Salcito of the Centre for Journalism Ethics (www.journalismethics.ca/online_journalism_ethics) states that ‘journalism is evolving rapidly in a “mixed media” of traditional newspapers and broadcast stations combined with a “new media” of on-line journalists’- thus our ethics and laws must evolve with the advancements of journalism technology.