You are to find a situation where a NEWS ORGANIZATION faced an ethical problem and/or made an ethical mistake related to social media. It can be from any time, current or past, but you must choose an event to discuss. You must also choose a single news organization.
You will then write an essay (minimum of 400 words) that includes the following:
An explanation in your words about the mistake or ethical problem and how the news organization got into that situation. Give enough background details where the reader would not need to look up the situation themselves.
Your personal thoughts on how the organization acted and what it could have done better.
Your thoughts about lessons that journalists should take from this situation.
You should attribute any material you use through references in-text (any citation style) and include a reference list at the end of the essay.
You will be assessed on:
Topic choice – should be an actual ethical problem or mistake that a news organization made related to social media.
Explanation – should be an explanation of what happened, your thoughts, and attributions.
Effort, thought and clarity on each of the required points above.
Using your own words, quoting directly from other sources, and not plagiarizing others’ work.
Whether you used outside sources and referenced them appropriately.
