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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Rules to Blog By...

  • Show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects.
  • Be sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of those affected by tragedy or grief.
  • Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance.
  • Recognize that private people have a greater right to control information about themselves than do public officials and others who seek power, influence or attention. Only an overriding public need can justify intrusion into anyone's privacy.
  • Show good taste. Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity.
  • Be cautious about identifying ... victims ....
  • Be judicious about naming .....
  • Balance a (persons) rights with the public's right to be informed.


  • Courtesy Wikipedia with minor editing for context.

    A quote from Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes...

     "The so-called opportunities I faced," he once said, "would have meant giving up my individual voice for that of a money-grubbing corporation. It would have meant my purpose in writing was to sell things, not say things."

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