Ethical Dilemmas (Ben)

I think Bias would be the the most important ethical dilemma. Reporters will tend to be bias towards one side whenever they publish an emotional news that they feel only one side of the story is required for people to feel the same as the reporters. By doing this, journalists are limiting the viewers of their opinion and not being fair and impartial to the people involved in the news. Journalist should put aside their emotions and be as objective as possible.

Ethical Dilemmas ( Yeo Tzun Kai )

To me I think commitment to accuracy is the most important Ethical Dilemma in my opinion, as reporters may have some in accurate errors or misunderstood information in his or her news report and this may lead to inaccurate information shown to the public and the public might believe that the information is true. Therefore, the public might the wrong opinion and way of thinking so it is important that the reporter gets his or her facts right as accurate as possible before reporting

Ethical Dilemmas (Yee Theng)

I think that the most severe ethical dilemma out of the seven is being Bias. As stated in the Seven Ethical Dilemmas Journalists Face, as student journalists, we might not know whether we have been too biased in writing the report as in order to bring out more perspective of the story from various points of view, we might need to get various points of view, some of which might be more biased to one side of the story. Hence this might lead to the story to be only seen from a certain point of view.

Ethical Dilemmas - Michael Chun

I feel that being biased is the most important dilemma that journalist face. Everyone is biased by nature, and often we do not realise it. If the journalist feels biased towards one side, he would interview that side more and might even tweak his report to support that one side. This will only show the reader one side of the story, making it unfair for the other party. As a journalist, it is important for them to put their opinions aside and give every party an equal chance to speak, giving the audience a wider perspective of the whole story.

Ethical Dilemmas - Ibrahim

In my opinion, being bias is the most important ethical dilemmas journalists face. This happens because we tend to form our own opinion on the matter. Thus, journalists write his/her personal opinion of their observations and provide a bias information to the public. Being biased may make people have bad impression on the journalist. The journalist may offend someone and may also get fired. The journalist should write without being bias, without any unnecessary information and without his/her opinion about the subject matter.

Ethical Dilemmas Podcast Instructions (for class on 12 July)

Ethical Dilemmas Podcast Instructions

Choose THREE of the Seven Ethical Dilemmas and create a podcast (audio or video) explaining these dilemmas and coming up with specific scenarios for each one.

The focus should be on determining moral grey areas and if the scenario is a violation of ethical standards or not.

Come up with scenarios of your own creation, not from past news stories or the internet.

There is a time limit of 2 minutes MINIMUM—no maximum.

When completed, upload to the class EL blog BEFORE  your next English class.

Ethical Dilemma(Berwyn)

I think that being biased is the most important ethical dilemma a journalists face.This happens when you are writing an article,the writer might feel or have opinions about the topic and may be tempted to write what he or she feels instead of truth,also sometimes other people might try to bribe and tempt journalist to write the article more favoured towards their side.