Ethics in Journalism I

6. fictional characters a news writer creates by using characteristics of several real people.
7. Reputation of being right
8. a damaging false statement against another person or institution spoken or broadcast extemporaneously.
10. the ability to inspire belief and trust
11. censorship in advance of publication.
17. a libel defense that projects a journalist's expressed opinion of public figures or reviews of books, records, and the like
19. Getting all facts right and always seeking the truth
22. written defamation; damaging false statements against another person or institution that appear in writing or that are spoken (broadcast) from a written script.
23. the legal idea that school authorities act " in place of the parent" and assume the parents rights, duties, and responsibilities.
24. comments made on the floor of congress, in the state legislature, or in a courtroom that, if published, are immune to libel suits.
26. Allow journalists to keep certain conversations confidential.
27. the opportunity for permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in the same story.

1. a system of moral principles
2. Person who checks the facts of the story before publication
3. Being objective, putting aside personal opinions and not accepting anything that could influence the news
4. The quality of possessing an inner sense of knowing right from wrong and adhering to high moral principles or professional standards
5. Reporters who write about companies in which they own stock or an organization to which they belong
9. Withdraws the original statement
12. Fiction writing
13. the ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events
14. Determines what is legal for the future and what is not
15. The source understands that his or her name will be published
16. Writing into the story where the information came from and allowing the public to decide for itself whether to believe the story
18. To persuade the journalists to write favorably about certain people or businesses
20. Sources who don't want to be named
21. the idea that once a forum (or place where ideas are exchanged) is created, the ideas expressed there cannot later be controlled
25. the taking and using as one's own the writing or inventions of another person.