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"Striking the balance between journalists’ private free speech rights and the
public duty they owe to impartiality and their employer’s reputation is one of
the most complex ethical issues confronting the media today.
It is in the spotlight again because of remarks made by Laura Tingle, chief
political correspondent for the ABC’s
7.30 program and staff-elected member
of the ABC board, at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on the weekend.
The remarks were made on a politics panel chaired by former ABC political
correspondent Barrie Cassidy, and consisting also of three other political
journalists: Nikki Savva of
The Sydney Morning Herald, Amy Remeikis of
Guardian Australia, and Bridget Brennan, ABC presenter and former Indigenous
Affairs Editor.
It’s an example of how years of social media ubiquity has created new
challenges for journalists as they try to navigate the professional and
personal spheres ethically."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
