Law & Ethics

I make it a point at the beginning of every school year to refresh myself on the Society of Professional Journalism’s Code of Ethics. I apply the Code of Ethics to my work, especially when I am writing or contributing to a piece on a controversial subject. I find that my experience in higher journalism settings has helped me to develop a sense of professionalism, helping me maintain an ethical and lawful view on journalism.

News Literacy

My skills in debate have helped me with my news literacy. Researching for debate and journalism stories has taught me how to effectively read articles, dissecting the different views and opinions of an author. Finding bias and misinformation. Another thing debate has taught me that I have brought into my journalism career is how to look at different views and incorporate them into the bigger picture.

Something new that the Minnehaha journalism department implemented this year was weekly readings of news. We’ve noticed that reading and news literacy levels were down in our school. In conjunction with the english department, we have helped to raise media literacy by encouraging people to read not just our school newspaper, but national news.

The Poynter institute is a website I often look at the fact check things I see online. Their daily newsletter is a helpful tool for journalists like me to keep up on truthful news as well as fact checking research for personal projects.