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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100765640767

ISBN-139780765640765

eBay Product ID (ePID)167886142

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLaw and Ethics for Today's Journalist : a Concise Guide

SubjectEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Media Studies, Media & the Law, Journalism

Publication Year2013

TypeTextbook

AuthorJoe Mathewson

Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight26.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2013-009458

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Mathewson's Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist is long overdue--featuring concise, practical coverage of media law and ethics that journalism instructors have been searching for. No longer will I have to adapt texts created mainly for law students to suit a class of journalists in training. The landmark First Amendment cases are here, as are the big ideas and ethical dilemmas reporters are bound to face on the ground. The research is thorough, the writing is clear, and students will learn plenty." -- Dick Lehr, Boston University "Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist covers the essential areas of journalism law including libel, privacy, and access while retaining a sense of broader media law context. With universities moving toward merged law and ethics courses, Mathewson effectively tackles the challenge of creating a text that adequately serves both areas by paring down and sharpening the content to the most relevant information." -- Jason A. Martin, DePaul University "Mathewson's book is well-written and concise, making its discussions of important journalism cases accessible to the average journalism student. Its focus on practical legal and ethical advice for the working journalist also makes it an excellent choice for any professor teaching a combined ethics and law class to journalism students." -- Derigan Silver, University of Denver "Mathewson provides an excellent summary of legal issues that can affect working journalists ... Written from a working journalist's perspective, the book offers a pragmatic approach to the legal conundrums reporters and editors might face while pursuing stories. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, professionals, general readers." -- Choice t;/P> "Mathewson's book is well-written and concise, making its discussions of important journalism cases accessible to the average journalism student. Its focus on practical legal and ethical advice for the working journalist also makes it an excellent choice for any professor teaching a combined ethics and law class to journalism students." -- Derigan Silver, University of Denver "Mathewson provides an excellent summary of legal issues that can affect working journalists ... Written from a working journalist's perspective, the book offers a pragmatic approach to the legal conundrums reporters and editors might face while pursuing stories. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, professionals, general readers." -- Choice, "Mathewson's Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist is long overdue--featuring concise, practical coverage of media law and ethics that journalism instructors have been searching for. No longer will I have to adapt texts created mainly for law students to suit a class of journalists in training. The landmark First Amendment cases are here, as are the big ideas and ethical dilemmas reporters are bound to face on the ground. The research is thorough, the writing is clear, and students will learn plenty." -- Dick Lehr, Boston University "Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist covers the essential areas of journalism law including libel, privacy, and access while retaining a sense of broader media law context. With universities moving toward merged law and ethics courses, Mathewson effectively tackles the challenge of creating a text that adequately serves both areas by paring down and sharpening the content to the most relevant information." -- Jason A. Martin, DePaul University "Mathewson's book is well-written and concise, making its discussions of important journalism cases accessible to the average journalism student. Its focus on practical legal and ethical advice for the working journalist also makes it an excellent choice for any professor teaching a combined ethics and law class to journalism students." -- Derigan Silver, University of Denver "Mathewson provides an excellent summary of legal issues that can affect working journalists ... Written from a working journalist's perspective, the book offers a pragmatic approach to the legal conundrums reporters and editors might face while pursuing stories. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, professionals, general readers." -- Choice

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal343.730998

Table Of ContentTo the Reader: An Introduction 1. Courts and the Legal SystemSources of American Law State and Federal Courts Types of Law Civil Law and Criminal Law Anatomy of a Lawsuit Court Opinions 2. Ethics, Root and BranchOpportunities Forfeited Success Under a Cloud Classical Ethics Professional Codes of Conduct Concealment and Confidentiality Conflict of Interest 3. Prior RestraintSeditious Libel Declarations of Press Freedom Press Freedom Sustained Prior Restraint Isn't Totally Gone 4. LibelSeditious Libel and Civil Libel New York Times v. Sullivan Public Figures, Too Private Plaintiffs Actual Malice Proved The Wall Street Journal in Error Proof of Libel Defenses to Libel Product Disparagement Internet Libel 5. Invasion of PrivacyAmerican Origins Five Privacy Torts Intrusion upon Seclusion Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts 6. Less Common Invasion of Privacy TortsFalse Light Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Appropriation Defenses to Invasion of Privacy Claims Libel Plus Invasion of Privacy 7. Fair Trial v. Free PressPrejudicial Pretrial Publicity Gag Orders Closed Courtrooms Access to Court Documents Cameras in Court Crime Coverage 8. Anonymous Sources and the Journalist's PrivilegeFederal Law State Law 9. CopyrightThe Copyright Act Fair Use Digital Millenium Copyright Act On Using Fair Use 10. Access to Government Documents and MeetingsFederal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of 1966 Open Meetings Access to Prisons 11. Broadcast RegulationOwnership Rules Content Regulation Cable and Internet Regulation 12. Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionOpening Wedge Citizens United and Hillary PACs Super PACs Hard Money and Soft Money 527s "Social Welfare" Organizations Follow the Money 13. The Ethical JournalistPromises, Promises No Government Discrimination Today's Environment

SynopsisLaw and Ethics for Today's Journalist offers aspiring and working journalists the practical understanding of law and ethics they must have to succeed at their craft. Instead of covering every nuance of media law for aspiring communication professionals, Mathewson focuses on what's relevant for journalists. Even though media law and media ethics are closely linked together in daily journalistic practice, they are usually covered in separate volumes. Mathewson brings them together in a clear and colorful way that practicing journalists will find more useful. Everything a journalist needs to know about legal protections, limitations, and risks inherent in workaday reporting is illustrated with highlights from major court opinions. Mathewson advises journalists who must often make ethical decisions on the spot with no time for elaborate, multi-faceted analysis. The book assigns to journalists the hard decisions on ethical questions such as whether to go undercover or otherwise misrepresent themselves in order to get a big story. The ethics chapter precedes the law chapters because ethical standards should underlie a journalist's work at all times. In situations where ethics and law are not obviously parallel, the journalist may sometimes be called to make a defensible personal judgment. Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist is user-friendly, written in clear, direct, understandable language on issues that really matter to a working journalist. Supplementary reading of actual court cases is recommended; URLs for many cases are conveniently provided in the end-of-chapter references. The book includes a fine (but purposely not exhaustive) bibliography listing important and useful legal cases, including instructive appellate and trial court opinions, state as well as federal., Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist offers aspiring and working journalists the practical understanding of law and ethics they must have to succeed at their craft. Instead of covering every nuance of media law for diverse communications majors, Mathewson focuses exclusively on what's relevant for journalists. Even though media law and media ethics are closely linked together in daily journalistic practice, they are usually covered in separate volumes. Mathewson brings them together in a clear and colourful way that practicing journalists will find more useful. Everything a journalist needs to know about legal protections, limitations, and risks inherent in workaday reporting is illustrated with highlights from major court opinions. Mathewson advises journalists who must often make ethical decisions on the spot with no time for the elaborate, multi-faceted analysis. The book assigns to journalists the hard decisions on ethical questions such as whether to go undercover or otherwise misrepresent themselves in order to get a big story. The ethics chapter precedes the law chapters because ethical standards should underlie a journalist's work at all times. There may be occasions when ethics and law are not parallel, thus calling for the journalist to make a personal judgment. Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist is user-friendly, written in clear, direct, understandable language on issues that really matter to a working journalist. Supplementary reading of the actual court cases is recommended and links to most cases are provided in the text. The text includes a fine (but purposely not exhaustive) bibliography listing important and useful legal cases, including instructive appellate and trial court opinions, state as well as federal.

LC Classification NumberKF2750.M37 2014