Assignment:
Discussion
Ethical Challenges
The Internet provides the reporter with many avenues for obtaining information, and with these information opportunities come unique ethical challenges. Based on your reading of Chapter Seven in The Investigative Reporter's Handbook and other outside reading, choose one of the following issues and respond:
1. Obtaining Information Covertly
2. Under what circumstances would you, as a reporter, obtain information covertly? What rules, if any, would you consider as you gather this information?
3. Exposing Private Behaviors of Public Figures
4. Under what circumstances would you, as a reporter, expose the private behaviors of public figures? What rules, if any, would you consider to determine if you would expose private behaviors? Under what circumstances would the private behaviors of public figures be relevant?
5. Using Unidentified and Paid Sources
6. Under what circumstances would you, as a reporter, use unidentified or paid sources to gather information to report an important news story? What ethical standards would guide your decision to use this type of information?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Properly cite any references used to support your claims.
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