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sivavaid Here's a few good links: blog.codinghorror.com/they-have-to-be-monsters/ hoodfeminism.com/2015/11/16/what-happens-when-a-journalist-uses-your-tweets-for-a-story-part-one/ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/mosque-shooter-troll-like-original-nazis/585415/ nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html splinternews.com/a-timely-reminder-that-you-absolutely-never-have-to-twe-1830829778 thebaffler.com/latest/nudging-the-lexicon-haigney gizmodo.com/the-fake-sex-doctor-who-conned-the-media-into-publicizi-1832711205 niemanlab.org/2019/02/how-local-tv-news-stations-are-playing-a-major-and-enthusiastic-role-in-spreading-the-momo-hoax/ cjr.org/tow_center_reports/the-guide-to-advertising-technology.php/ tinyletter.com/zeeshanaleem/letters/behind-the-collapse-of-mic-a-farewell-to-algorithms And...
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sivavaid I have a few more at docs.google.com/document/d/1WzA7Mq7NlycpY2uNc1zVZUF4GRsWDKMHGWKv5_VpamE/edit?usp=drivesdk My advice is you focus on the plethora of real life examples. Don't focus on personalities, that's a mistake in ethics journalism is doing right now. Do focus on how organized online hate has manipulated journalism and...
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sivavaid Take serious time to cover how undeserved communities get missed in news stories and how the both sides approach has mistreated minorities. Look at how virality has driven particular news startups to self destruction and
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sivavaid Talk about how students need to balance their own online presence and the rising need and push for them to self promote their own work or the work of others can compromise them if they approach it in the wrong way. Talk about Tr*mp. Talk about gamergate. Talk about the biz model
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sivavaid More than all that, frame it in reality. This isn't an esoteric game of who's who. Ground it in the impact bad and good ethical decisions can have on the communities journalists cover. Make it clear that the stakes are high and the consequences of failure impact real people.
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sivavaid Oh and don't forget to teach them that their work has real value, that they should treat what they do as valuable and avoid systems that would tell them otherwise: medium.com/@aramzs/the-media-is-a-business-and-journalism-is-a-job-get-it-together-c1ba78a4df95
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sivavaid Lastly, don't forget to have a journalist who helped organize a newsroom union talk to them. B/c that's important too, they can't be ethical or do good work in a newsroom that mistreats them.