Rendering: "Rethinking Journalism Ethics, Objectivity in the Age of Social Media"

   The article discusses some principles for teaching ethics amid this media revolution, as many academic programs are offering new approaches to journalism education. That it created tensions within programs, especially in the situation of mixed media.

   Speaking about objectivity it is necessary to note that today schools of journalism teach  to be objective, they teach students that their reports must be neutral or objective. There is no "opinion journalism", as reporters have to write only things public really need and withot their own attitude. But new journalism tends to be more personal and give conclusions. but it's an open secret that educators hardly abandon objectivity in their teaching, as it leads to redefining objectivity. The traditional notion of journalistic objectivity, developed in the early 1900s, defined objectivity as a story that reported "just the facts" and eliminated all interpretation or opinion by the journalist. The author is convinced that this notion should be redefined. It needs to give reporters more opportunity to express their own attitude about this or that problem, or it's embargo will cause disinterestedness. And the last point that's very necessary to mention is a specific format. It's known  that ethics of journalism is not monolithic, as what norms are appropriate depends on the form of communication in question. Schools of journalism should learn students different formats, as having all of them reporters can engage new media in a creative but responsible manner. 

   In conclusion the author suggests that only a fundamental redesign will allow journalism ethics to make the transition from an ethics constructed in another era to today's mixed media.