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A must for journalism students

This week Reuters released its Handbook of Journalism to the public. It is a must for any journalist. This is the first time that Reuters has published the entire handbook online for free.

“This handbook is not intended as a collection of “rules”. Beyond the obvious, such as the cardinal sin of plagiarism, the dishonesty of fabrication or the immorality of bribe-taking, journalism is a profession that has to be governed by ethical guiding principles rather than by rigid rules. The former liberate, and lead to better journalism. The latter constrain, and restrict our ability to operate. What follows is an attempt to map out those principles, as guidance to taking decisions and adopting behaviours that are in the best interests of Reuters, our shareholders, our customers, our contacts, our readers and our profession.”

Source: Reuters

Journalism 2.0 in Canada

In the past two weeks, The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio One aired an interesting two-part series on Web 2.0 and the future of journalism. It looks into the democratization of media and what this means for citizens and consumers.

PART 1

PART 2

Source: News 2.0: The future of news in an age of social media

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