News Media Ethics Sources

Trade Magazines recommended for insight into ethical issues facing news rooms, reporters and firsthand accounts of how decisions were made.

• Columbia Journalism Review (CJR)
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• American Journalism Review (AJR)
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• Quill
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Scholarly research journals including research articles for research demonstrating how ethical issues impact the media, the public, and individuals.

• Journal of Mass Media Ethics
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• Newspaper Research Journal
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• And many more

Additional information about determining scholarly articles (choose"What's a Journal?")

The Penn State Libraries collections have many books, videos, and documentaries that can illustrate, highlight, or provide scholarly research related to media ethics. Videos and books can be found by doing a CAT search. Try any of these LC Subject heading searches:

• Journalistic ethics
  
• Mass media Moral and ethical aspects
  
• Mass media objectivity

Videos and books can be requested from The CAT by clicking on I WANT IT and designating a pick up location.

Core recommended book: The Elements of Journalism : What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect, By Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel --delineates the core principles shared by journalists across media, even across cultures. These principles flow from the essential function news plays in people's lives.