Tim HudsonPoint Park University

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Social Responsibility of Journalists

on a Global Scale

Social Responsibility of

Journalists on a Global

Scale

Third World Journalism Education Congress

2013

Dr. Timothy J. Hudson

Point Park University

Analytical Context:

Broad Ethical Principles

Professional and Cultural Values

Historical Context:

The MacBride Commission,

The NWICO, results and dénouement

UN Resolution 1738

Important Concepts Include: Cultural

Imperialism, Parachute

Journalism, Media/Technology

Access, Decentralization, Safety of

Journalists, and Freedom of Expression

Case: UNESCO Revisits Journalism

with the Model Curriculum

Standardization, Flexibility, Adaptability,

Process, Evolution, Risks

Case:

WJEC 2

Syndicate on Journalism Education

Task: Create the Ultimate Journalism Curriculum

Consensus: Journalism is a public, service-oriented

profession. Its practice involves the application of

informed yet skeptical inquiry in the pursuit of

expository, clarifying and useful information. It

involves the broad sharing of that information in

accessible and participatory forms. Essential to the

health of the journalism profession is the consistent

advocacy of freedom of expression …

Discord: …and the holding of those wielding power to accountability.

QUESTION: Should an international journalist

be a crusader to "set things right?" Or, is it

enough to conduct thorough research on a

subject, work hard to get all the facts and

details straight, and then report them

accurately to the public in understandable

form, stopping short of public activism or

efforts to influence policy?

Contemporary Cases

Effects

Criticisms

Lessons

Reality Check

Reporters Without Borders

Press Freedom Index

Bringing it Home

Student presentations of ethical cases

from their assigned interviews

Subsequent discussion and conclusions

Additional resources include:

Interviews, videos and quotes of world

leaders, activists and correspondents on the

role of journalism.

Social Responsibility of

Journalists on a Global

Scale

Third World Journalism Education Congress

2013

Dr. Timothy J. Hudson

Point Park University