- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
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1 An Explanation and a Method for the Ethics of Journalism -
2 Moral Development and Journalism - Introduction
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3 Press Freedom and Responsibility -
4 The Moral Justification for Journalism -
5 The Search for Global Media Ethics - Introduction
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6 Why Journalism Is a Profession -
7 Who Is a Journalist? -
8 Norms and the Network: Journalistic Ethics in a Shared Media Space - Introduction
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9 Inventing Objectivity: New Philosophical Foundations -
10 Is Objective News Possible? - Introduction
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11 Journalism’s Tangled Web: Business, Ethics, and Professional Practice -
12 The Decline of the News Business -
13 Covering a World That’s Falling Apart, When Yours Is Too - Introduction
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14 The Ethics of Privacy -
15 Understanding and Respecting Privacy - Introduction
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16 Conflicting Loyalties and Personal Choices -
17 A Robust Future for Conflict of Interest -
18 Respecting Sources’ Confidentiality: Critical but Not Absolute -
19 The Ethical Obligations of News Consumers - Introduction
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20 The Ethos of “Getting the Story” -
21 Mitigation Watchdogs: The Ethical Foundation for a Journalist’s Role - Introduction
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22 Visual Ethics: An Integrative Approach to Ethical Practice in Visual Journalism -
23 Ethics and Images: Five Major Concerns - Index
Why Journalism Is a Profession
Why Journalism Is a Profession
- Chapter:
- (p.91) 6 Why Journalism Is a Profession
- Source:
- Journalism Ethics
- Author(s):
Michael Davis (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter argues that journalism is a profession, that our doubts about its status as a profession tell us more about a mistake we make when defining the concept of profession than about journalism itself, and that a good definition of profession can give us some reason to hope that journalism will remain a profession even if the world changes in most of the ways we now fear it will. Journalists are something more than mere news reporters, editors, media employees, or the like; and that is why they have a future even if mere reporters, editors, writers and the like do not.
Keywords: journalism, profession, ethics, professional ethics
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
-
1 An Explanation and a Method for the Ethics of Journalism -
2 Moral Development and Journalism - Introduction
-
3 Press Freedom and Responsibility -
4 The Moral Justification for Journalism -
5 The Search for Global Media Ethics - Introduction
-
6 Why Journalism Is a Profession -
7 Who Is a Journalist? -
8 Norms and the Network: Journalistic Ethics in a Shared Media Space - Introduction
-
9 Inventing Objectivity: New Philosophical Foundations -
10 Is Objective News Possible? - Introduction
-
11 Journalism’s Tangled Web: Business, Ethics, and Professional Practice -
12 The Decline of the News Business -
13 Covering a World That’s Falling Apart, When Yours Is Too - Introduction
-
14 The Ethics of Privacy -
15 Understanding and Respecting Privacy - Introduction
-
16 Conflicting Loyalties and Personal Choices -
17 A Robust Future for Conflict of Interest -
18 Respecting Sources’ Confidentiality: Critical but Not Absolute -
19 The Ethical Obligations of News Consumers - Introduction
-
20 The Ethos of “Getting the Story” -
21 Mitigation Watchdogs: The Ethical Foundation for a Journalist’s Role - Introduction
-
22 Visual Ethics: An Integrative Approach to Ethical Practice in Visual Journalism -
23 Ethics and Images: Five Major Concerns - Index
