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.