The American Society of Newspaper Editors convenes next week in its usual location (Washington, D.C.) with its usual line-up of predictable political keynoters (Bush, Rice) and its usual array of panels devoted to the industry's ongoing crises (declining readership, stagnant diversity, confused ethics, eroding credibility). The death of newspapering as a viable economic and social medium is increasingly being foretold even by its practitioners. What do the gatekeepers of the journalism's largest platform offer at their annual convention in the face of this bleak future Bromides, blinders and an oddly self-abusing submission to speeches from politicians who disdain, abuse and...

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In this substantially updated edition of Morals and the Media, Nick Russell addresses many of the concerns the public has about the media as he examines why the media behave the way they do. He also discusses how values have been developed and applied and suggests value systems that can be used to judge special situations. This revised edition covers the many changes in the Canadian media in the last decade, including further concentration of media ownership, media convergence, online journalism, the rise of the web log, and the tightening economic pressures on the industry as a whole.

The future of the daily newspaper is not doomed, as long as those who work for them are willing to change, six journalism professionals said at a panel discussion Monday." The forum, hosted by the Notre Dame Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy, examined the changes the field of journalism has undergone in the 10 years since the Gallivan Program was founded.

Are you a CNN guy or a Fox News gal One's source of news is becoming more and more a reflection of our politics, and that's no coincidence according to Jay Black, editor of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics. It just depends on which way you want the spin to turn.

The serious professional journalism professors over at Poynter.org (the website with the Romenesko guy) have posted a serious investigation about the crybaby excuses editors are giving for not...

Journalism, Ethics, and Confidential Sources Matthew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller, of The New York Times have been pressured to reveal their source for the identity of a CIA agent.