By David Fortier
The list is by no means exhaustive, but it provides a great deal of material that can be used to educate session leaders as well as material that can be incorporated into the sessions with participants:
- Background and research of issues specific to journalism, click here
- For those setting up a website, click here
- Links to use social media, other than a website, click here
- Links to information about podcasting, click here
- Legal stuff–at some point you will have to discuss legal issues, click here
- More on ethics, including some ethical training sites, click here
- Codes of ethics, click here
- More on journalism/journalism training/sources for more lessons, click here
- For those considering sustainable business models, click here
- On citizenship and the First Amendment, click here.
Background and research of issues specific to journalism:
Columbia Journalism Review
Nieman Lab
Knight Foundation
Poynter Institute
For those setting up a website:
Refer to all things YouTube. Just search, “How to start a website.”
Journalism Education Association’s Digital Media Site
http://www.jeadigitalmedia.org/
Links to using social media, other than a website:
—“How to Use Twitter: Critical Tips for New Users,” Wired
–“I studied how journalists use Twitter for two years. Here’s what I learned,” Poynter
—“Getting Started on Instagram,” Instagram help center
Links to information about podcasting
—How to start a podcast (2018 Tutorial) Equipment & Software
—Top Podcasting Tips & Tools for Recording, Interviews, & Exporting (2018 tutorial)
Legal issues—at some point, you will have to discuss legal stuff
Kent State Media Law Center for Ethics and Access issues and resources
Student Press Law Center. Even though it is dedicated to scholastic journalism, this is a valuable site with insights into any number of issues.
More on ethics, including some ethical training sites
Ethical Journalism Network Resources Page
Harvard University ethics links—
- https://www.gse.harvard.edu/uk?page=5
- https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/02/think-better
- https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/02/making-good-decisions
- http://pz.harvard.edu/resources/ethical-dilemmas-and-value-based-decisions
Ethical Journalism Network–
- https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/media-standards-model-auditing-transparency-good-governance-ethics-journalism
- https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/teaching-media-ethics-literacy-online-learning
- ttps://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/resources/publications/ethics-in-the-news
Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
MIT associated journalism and ethics links
- http://civic.mit.edu/
- http://blog.media.mit.edu/search?q=journalism
- https://medium.com/@matthewscarroll/new-future-of-news-initiative-at-mit-media-lab-focuses-on-tools-and-techniques-for-newsrooms-4bfc1d4f2c60
- https://docubase.mit.edu/tools/fold/
- https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/ethics/projects/
- https://medium.com/@socialmachines/the-horse-race-of-ideas-at-the-finish-line-1d9dd7a9f178
Codes of ethics
Society of Professional Journalists
>More on journalism/journalism training/sources for more lessons
Poynter.NewsUniversity
For those considering sustainable business models
Ethical Journalism Network Business Model