And the band played on: covering the economic crisis
I recently visited one of the most frightening sites on the Web—the place where I look at my shrinking retirement account. As I calculated the investment loss since the steep decline in the markets...
View ArticleKeeping the faith: Connecting the dots with religion and ethics coverage
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own. Some years ago, an American reporter who covered religion was at Tel Aviv airport leaving Israel. As she...
View ArticleTypewriters, Technology and Trust
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own. A little girl in my family got a typewriter for Christmas. Not a laptop. Nothing with a screen. A...
View ArticleReporting in Gaza: Striving for fairness
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own. Let’s say it up front: Almost all of you will find something in this column to take issue with. That’s...
View ArticleAfter the warm glow, telling the cold, hard truths
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own. The president was inaugurated in front of adoring crowds and positive reviews in the media. As the...
View ArticleForget broadcasting, the future is narrowcasting
Chris Cramer is Global Editor of Multimedia at Reuters News and has editorial oversight of Reuters Insider, a multimedia information service for Thomson Reuters financial service subscribers that will...
View ArticleFlu outbreak: Walking the line between hyping and helping
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own. There’s nothing like a disease outbreak to highlight the value of the media in alerting and informing the...
View ArticleCitizen journalism, mainstream media and Iran
Dean Wright is Global Editor, Ethics, Innovation and News Standards. Any opinions are his own. The recent election in Iran was one of the more dramatic stories this year, with powerful images of...
View ArticleHungary grapples with free-press issues
When my editorial assistant, Mirjam Donath, traveled to her native Hungary recently, I asked her to look into some of the ethical issues faced by journalists there. In a coincidental piece of timing,...
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