The Society of Professional journalists outlines four major rules of engagement for ethical journalists. This lecture discusses the code of ethics, and when it may need to be broken.
The Society of Professional journalists outlines four major rules of engagement for ethical journalists. This lecture discusses the code of ethics, and when it may need to be broken.
History Engine 2.0: Researching Locally, Collaborating GloballyNITLE
Robert Nelson, Director, Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond, and Christine Berkowitz, Lecturer, University of Toronto Scarborough
The History Engine is a pedagogically oriented project that collects “episodes”—concise vignettes about local historical events—written by undergraduate students. This presentation will highlight how this project uses digital technologies to foster collaboration among students within and between different universities, fosters inter-institutional collaboration among the many colleges that have participated in the project, and publishes student scholarship that is of interest and value to a broad public.
Journalism 2.0: Rumor Monitoring in Social Media Ontotext
Ontotext's Head of Text Georgi Georgiev presented about verifying information online at a conference organised by the Association of European Journalists (AEJ-Bulgaria). George presented our work on project PHEME where Ontotext is a consortium member.
For more information take a look at our blog: http://ontotext.com/company/news/ontotext-presents-at-journalism-2-0/
It is reported that the Met Police will now investigate a News of The World link concerning the Daniel Morgan Murder (R v Vian & Others).
Details reported [here] in the Guardian
Mr Glen Vian, represented by Bark & Co, was acquitted in March 2011.
Fred Bunn has been instructed by Glenn Vian since the mid-2008. Not guilty verdicts were entered against MrVian and the other defendants, following complex and fiercely fought challenges to the Crown’s case during protracted pre-trial legal argument. The initial investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987 was deeply flawed, and many compelling leads were not pursued properly or, in some cases, at all. The level of public resources expended in this most recent investigation is simply breathtaking. The Police bought the house next door to Mr Vian, in order to conduct thousands of hours of intrusive covert surveillance upon him and his family. They released false stories to the press in an effort to trigger incriminating conversations. When these efforts failed to produce any cogent evidence, a case was built against these defendants using “Supergrass” witnesses, and considerably flawed Serious Organized Crime & Police Act (SOCPA) agreements.
We are all familiar with the saying “Live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse“ but perhaps not so many of us will know the true origin of the quote or realise that it is often misquoted and incorrectly attributed to James Dean. It is actually a famous line said by actor John Derek in the film called Knock On Any Door; however this could be the mantra followed today, by many of our celebrities.
This presentation about the film Natural Born Killers is to show my understanding of the different audience theories surrounding how people react/ are effected by what they has seen in Film or TV.
History Engine 2.0: Researching Locally, Collaborating GloballyNITLE
Robert Nelson, Director, Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond, and Christine Berkowitz, Lecturer, University of Toronto Scarborough
The History Engine is a pedagogically oriented project that collects “episodes”—concise vignettes about local historical events—written by undergraduate students. This presentation will highlight how this project uses digital technologies to foster collaboration among students within and between different universities, fosters inter-institutional collaboration among the many colleges that have participated in the project, and publishes student scholarship that is of interest and value to a broad public.
Journalism 2.0: Rumor Monitoring in Social Media Ontotext
Ontotext's Head of Text Georgi Georgiev presented about verifying information online at a conference organised by the Association of European Journalists (AEJ-Bulgaria). George presented our work on project PHEME where Ontotext is a consortium member.
For more information take a look at our blog: http://ontotext.com/company/news/ontotext-presents-at-journalism-2-0/
It is reported that the Met Police will now investigate a News of The World link concerning the Daniel Morgan Murder (R v Vian & Others).
Details reported [here] in the Guardian
Mr Glen Vian, represented by Bark & Co, was acquitted in March 2011.
Fred Bunn has been instructed by Glenn Vian since the mid-2008. Not guilty verdicts were entered against MrVian and the other defendants, following complex and fiercely fought challenges to the Crown’s case during protracted pre-trial legal argument. The initial investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987 was deeply flawed, and many compelling leads were not pursued properly or, in some cases, at all. The level of public resources expended in this most recent investigation is simply breathtaking. The Police bought the house next door to Mr Vian, in order to conduct thousands of hours of intrusive covert surveillance upon him and his family. They released false stories to the press in an effort to trigger incriminating conversations. When these efforts failed to produce any cogent evidence, a case was built against these defendants using “Supergrass” witnesses, and considerably flawed Serious Organized Crime & Police Act (SOCPA) agreements.
We are all familiar with the saying “Live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse“ but perhaps not so many of us will know the true origin of the quote or realise that it is often misquoted and incorrectly attributed to James Dean. It is actually a famous line said by actor John Derek in the film called Knock On Any Door; however this could be the mantra followed today, by many of our celebrities.
This presentation about the film Natural Born Killers is to show my understanding of the different audience theories surrounding how people react/ are effected by what they has seen in Film or TV.
1. Leveson Inquiry: Culture, Practise and Ethics of the Press
What would you expect someone to pay you for revealing your deepest, darkest
secrets? At what point does journalism turn into harassment? These are issues
being explored and debated in The Leveson Inquiry, an examination of the British
media that has gripped the UK.
The explosive scandal hit the public’s TV screens over the summer when it was
revealed that tabloid newspaper ‘The News of the World’ had been gaining much
of its ‘exclusive’ information by hacking into the phones of many celebrities,
politicians and victims of crimes. Private investigators had even been tailing
people embroiled in the most news-worthy stories. In some cases, the phone
hacking had led to email hacking and had even given journalists access to private
passwords and PIN numbers.
More and more victims of the hacking came forward, an outcry broke out, and the
paper finally closed down on July 10 2011, producing its last edition. Many of its
editors and employees, former editor Andy Coulson in particular, denied all
knowledge of the phone hacking, and many were arrested. Founder and Chairman
of News Corporation, owner of News of the World, Rupert Murdoch was also put
into a tricky situation, jeopardising his takeover of BSkyB.
So what is the outcome of this huge story? On July 13 2011, Prime Minister David
Cameron announced a two-part inquiry chaired by Lord Justice Leveson to
investigate the role of the press and police in the scandal. It will also examine the
culture, practises and ethics of the media currently and govern the future of press
regulation.
The inquiry opened on Monday November 14, with an introduction from Lord Justice
Leveson himself saying: “The press provides an essential check on all aspects of
public life. That is why any failure within the media affects all of us. At the heart
of this Inquiry, therefore, may be one simple question: who guards the
guardians?” Among the key hearings were: JK Rowling, Sienna Miller, Hugh
Grant and Steve Coogan.
Possibly the lowest of the low, parents of abducted children were targeted. When 13-
year-old Millie Dowler was abducted and killed in 2002, her parents would
continually call her phone, hoping for some response about their daughter’s
disappearance. Almost unbelievably, Millie’s phone was also hacked, voicemail
messages deleted from her inbox. Mrs. Dowler recounted how elated she was when
she realized something had changed: “I rang her phone. It clicked through onto her
voicemail, so I heard her voice and it was just like, 'she's picked up her voicemail,
she's alive'.”
The inquiry also heard from young actress, Sienna Miller. She told of a closely-
guarded secret being revealed, meaning she was led to accuse her family and closest
friends after an anonymous journalist rang her saying he knew all about it. Her run-ins
with the paparazzi were also shocking: “I would often find myself — I was 21 — at
midnight running down a dark street on my own with ten big men chasing me and the
2. fact that they had cameras in their hands meant that that was legal, but if you take
away the cameras, what have you got?”
Miss Miller’s statement raises a valid point – where is the line? Is Britain to maintain
its freedom of the media, meaning tabloid journalists are able to hound celebrities to
breaking point just for that photograph of them lashing out? Or will a new, stricter
policy be put in place, meaning they can’t publish anything they want by any means
necessary? And will this hinder freedom of speech if it is put in place?
Either way, it seems something must be done to prevent further incidents. JK Rowling
highlighted: “The attitude seems to be...you’re famous, you’re asking for it.” Is this
now an excuse that is wearing a little thin?