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"Responsible" Journalism
Introduction: A meeting place for law and ethics

**The Elements of "PIRC"**

 * The Discipline of Verification**
 * Verifying sources' reliability
 * Verifying factual assertions
 * Critical thinking
 * Balancing urgency with accuracy


 * Truthfulness**
 * Transparency with sources
 * Deception of sources
 * Approaching the subject of an investigation


 * Weighing Competing Claims**
 * Right to privacy
 * Right to a fair trial
 * Minimizing harm


 * Independence in Reporting**
 * Assessing Objectivity
 * Personal connections to the story
 * "Malice," and its absence


 * The Idea of "Balance"**
 * Reporting "both sides" of a conflict
 * Reporting established truths
 * What if one side won't talk?
 * "Reportage"


 * Story Selection and Editing**
 * Timeliness/Factors in newsworthiness
 * Judicious editing
 * Transparency in presentation
 * Deciding when to publish
 * Corrections and retractions


 * Future pages**
 * Assessing public interest
 * A right to reputation?

//Supporting Material//
//**The Public Interest**//
 * //What it is and what it isn't//
 * //Public Interest Case Study//
 * //WIC Radio Ltd. v. Simpson//

//**Subjects' Rights**//
 * //What do subjects have a right to expect?//
 * //Subjects' Bill of Rights//

//**What is news?**//
 * //Choosing subject matter - Timeliness and Balance//
 * //The Falling Man Case Study//
 * //[|CBC Passionate Eye Documentary 9/11: The Falling Man]//

//**Reporters's Methods**//
 * //Don't Fall in Love with the Story//
 * //Reporter's Methods//

//**Where's the Truth?**//
 * //Truth and the Power of Journalism//
 * //Unbearable Limitations of Journalism//

//**Sources' Rights**//
 * //The Ethics of Deceiving Sources//
 * //Deceiving Sources: A Presentation//