The document discusses the significant impact of the internet on journalism, highlighting how it has revolutionized information access, reporting speed, and the emergence of web journalism. It emphasizes the ethical responsibilities of cyber journalists, including accuracy, transparency, and fairness in content creation, along with the importance of cross-verifying information. Additionally, it addresses the challenges and considerations journalists face in maintaining credibility and integrity in an increasingly digital media landscape.

1.  Impact of journalism on internet.
 Usage of Internet for journalistic tasks
 Web revolutionized journalism
 Traditional media started online presence
 Digital media Ethics and challenges for CJ

2.  Internet and web have totally revolutionized many aspects of journalism in past ten
years.
 Internet and web have put huge amount of information at journalist fingertips.
 Global reach of journalist in quest of information only possible via internet

3.  Reporter can use the internet to search for information.
 Finding information and contacts
 Phone and emails addresses
 Fine statements from people online
 News sources and new search tools
 Access information and record with out traveling to particular
localities.
 Potentials interviewees
 Verify information
 Via search engines reporters gathering online information which
opens the doors to news resources

4.  Background information
 Primary document sources

5.  Many traditional media outlets are now on web due to massive flow of visitors on
websites as compared to popular version of media channels.
 Due to interactivity and innovation and info graphic content for news and
information people prefer online media sources so for survival outlets are now on
web .
 Anyone can be publisher in online journalism because internet is largely
uncontrolled this had led to many news pages being setup.
 Anyone having net connection can be publisher

6.  The growth of the internet created the newest medium for journalism which is know as web
journalism.
 The speed at which news can be spread on the websites and reach of that information for
recipients is so fast that’s is why newspapers launching their internet editions and started
providing free source of news.
 Those who don’t have the facility of television, radio or newspaper keeps themselves
updated by the mean of E-Journalsim
 MOBILE USAGE AND GPRS Connection has increased the importance of web journalism

7.  Accuracy
 Honesty
 Honor copyrights and never plagiarize
 Identify links to sources
 Never distort the content of content and photo
 Distinguished factual information and commentary
 Define clearly news and opinion
 Privacy
 Balance/fairness
 Juveniles and victims of sex crimes
 Corrections
 Principle of independence
 Variation of tone and presentation in story telling
 Linking decisions principles and values

8.  Accuracy essential value in journalism and must not be compromised in
journalism.
 Cyber journalist must deliver error free content which ensures that their
content is verifiable representation of the news.
 Never published that information which you know not to be true. Cross
verification and comparison of information more the three to four
sources before publishing online collected data

9.  Cyber journalist should be honest and fair in gathering, reporting and
interpreting information.
 They must strive to keep news content to free from special interests.
 They should embrace value of transparency

10.  Cyber journalist should value original thoughts and expression,
there work should free from fraud and deception, that include
plagiarism and fabrication.
 Cyber journalist should attribute and honor copyrights.
 Websites links,hyper links or attribute, summary

11.  Cyber journalist should identify and links to sources
 Should focus or rely only on reliable sources

12.  Never distort the content of photo with out disclosing what has been changed or
digitally alter photographs to misleads the audience.
 Image enhancement is only acceptable for technical clarity similarly in video editing
inserting words and statements on visuals out of context is prohibited.

13.  Cyber journalist should distinguished factual information and
commentary
 Avoid hybrid or mixture that blurs the lines between the two

14.  Cyber journalist should recognize that private people have greater
right to control information about themselves
 Be sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of
those affected by tragedy and grief

15.  Cyber journalist should create a balance including all sides relevant to news story
and not to take side in news coverage
 While covering controversial issues seek out intelligent, articulate views from all
perspectives
 CJ should try to understand issues rather then simply grab quick quotations to
create impression of balance

16.  Victims of sex crime or person under 18 who are charged with crime not to
disclosed.

17.  Cj should admits mistakes, correct them
promptly
 Establish a system to enable readers to alert
us to mistakes and hold us accountable

18.  Journalist should avoid the principle of
independence. they should avoid conflict of
interest
 Deny favor treatment to advertisers while
selecting content

19.  Variation of tone and presentation in story telling are appropriate for reaching new
audiencs,but those variation should be consistent with core editorial principles
 Be clear what you stand for

20.  This process need more specific considerations, including relevance
and reliability of the materiel that might be link.
 Linking decision should be based on serving the audience with
accurate and complete picture of the world as possible.
 Restriction of linking should not for commercial purpose about
sending customers to others sites.
 For understanding and making ethical decisions only possible when
you understand core principles and values for linking which are
below

21.  A link to an external site dose not an endorsement of that site or its point
of view, its only signal to reader that there may b a content of interest
on that link
 so CJ or media sits should make clear to readers in user arguments
sections or in guideline sections that linked material is not theirs
generated content