Media Ethics Survey Highlighted by "Ozarks Messenger"
Tony Messenger, editorial page editor for the Springfield News-Leader, mentioned the “You Are the Editor” survey for 2006 – put together by members of the Society of Professional Journalists in Southwest Missouri – in his blog.
Here is part of what he had to say:
Why not join in and take the survey yourself. Results will be one week.
Here is part of what he had to say:
What would you do? Here's your chance as a reader to take a test. David Burton of the University of Missouri extension has set up a survey with the help of the Society of Professional Journalists based on real-life situations faced by Springfield journalists. Take the survey here. David promises to share the results with me later for a blog update.
Why not join in and take the survey yourself. Results will be one week.
posted by David L. Burton at 9/29/2006 11:27:00 AM
5 Comments:
Cool survey. Please post the results when they are known.
am very curious to see the results. I hope the results are broken down by the different demographic groups. I predict the responses by the non-media public will differ substantially from the journalist groups. I am also interested in reading the analysis of the results.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate.
There's little question that there will be a difference between journalist groups and the non-media public; however, that could be expected for any other professional group (physicians, attorneys, scientists and engineers, etc.) versus the public at large.
Like Ret-Chief, I'll be interested to see the results.
Will general public and working journalists have GREATLY different views?
I suspect there WON'T be total agreement among us working journalists, because individuals approach their jobs DIFFERENTLY.
reporterbob
I agree with RetChief in that I hope the results are broken down by demographic groups. I do think you'll have different responses between media and non-media ... but I also predict a range of answers among members of the media, depending on where they work. After working in editorial environments and transitioning to the advertising side (oh, the blasphemy!) I can tell you that there's QUITE a bit of separation of "church and state" and a much different attitude toward what should be covered and the approach that should be taken.
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