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January 2014 Ethics News Update

Updated self-scoring profile helps you identify editorial ethics challenges

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

This revised self-scoring profile includes situations that ASBPE’s ethics committee addressed during the latest ethics code revision completed last year. … read more

Educator Stephen Ward launches mediamorals.org calling new media to account for ethical practices

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

The new media explosion is challenging previously accepted ethical practices. Such standards as objectivity and impartiality are often waived in favor of spreading rumors and vigilante-like journalism. … read more

AP’s Kent: ONA’s new ethics code takes coverage options into account

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

Online reporters and editors have lots of choices to make when confronting ethical issues. Making those journalists more aware of all the options – whether for B2B or general-interest publications – is a goal of the Online News Association’s current ethics initiative. … read more

Create policy covering all the bases; offer realistic freelance payments

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

Does native advertising really deserve acknowledgement as the new kid on the block among the forms of sponsored content? … read more

Making revised code broadly relevant is vital objective for SPJ ethics committee

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

How do you make an ethics code relevant for a membership significantly more diverse than in years past? This is a challenge for the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), now in the midst of only its second revision in the past 17 years. … read more

Two native advertisement assessments leave no doubt about need for labeling

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

B2B editorial and sales teams often wrestle with how sponsored content should be labeled. With the blending of native advertising and regular editorial content, a consensus already exists that format distinctions are required. … read more

ASME editors applaud society’s native ad guidelines but business side is less enthusiastic, Holt says

Posted on January 29, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

The American Society of Magazine Editors always has taken the lead role in helping publications develop the relationship be between editorial and advertising. So it was no surprise that ASME again set the pace last year in posting an advisory specifically addressing native advertising. … read more

Media Briefing’s Jasper Jackson describes ethical bright side of native advertising surge

Posted on January 28, 2014 | by ASBPE Staff

Like marketing counterparts in the USA, British publishers are wrestling with native advertising’s “gray areas.” … read more

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