Kosovo Humans

In the ethics of journalism, the debate between objectivity and subjectivity has been discussed countless times. The way a journalist writes their article affects the way the reader will react to it, since objectivity can never truly be achieved. In Rebecca Skloot’s book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot’s work is more subjective than objective because no matter how

Collings profiles many different journalists and their contribution to maintaining a free press, no matter the cost. Death, jail time, and threats do not obstruct these journalists from making sure they spread news. The main journalists that Collings interviewed came from regions such as Mexico, Yugoslavia, Zambia, the Middle East,

Nowadays journalists have the responsibility to report facts as accurately, objectively, and disinterestedly as is humanly possible. ‘’The, honest, self-disciplined, well-trained reporter seeks to be a propagandist for nothing but the truth’’ (Casey, 1944b).

This shows the audience that Rezendes places value in the journalistic ethic of completeness. Rezendes was scared that another newspaper would print the article ahead of them and not investigate the full story. However, by rushing the story the team will cut down on investigating and exclude valuable information. Rezendes, did not care for both sides of the story, which went against the journalistic ethic of fairness (Ethics Handbook). Although it may not be preferred to report the priests’ perspective, the story must be impartial (Spotlight).

During this time, Civilians were forced to leave the only place they knew as home. As Serbian police force Albanians out of their homes, Priština, Kosovo’s capital is being drained of its ethnic identity. One refugee being forced to move to the Macedonia border said, “Then at two o’clock we were in the train. So many people it was difficult to survive. Very difficult. I thought I saw death with my eyes” (BBC news). These series of events depict the issues and struggles Albanians endure during the Kosovo War. Albanians fear is being able to create a safety environment for their own families. A main concern as well was if these Albanian families will ever return to their homes. The war for ethnic cleansing in Kosovo was already in progress. Furthermore, Serbians would also be put in a difficult decision, whether to end the war within Kosovo or to endure inescapable NATO air strikes.

“Give voice to the voiceless,” says one of the guiding principles of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics. Walter Robinson, former editor of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team, has lived up to this lofty pillar. While leading the Spotlight Team, he helped expose the systemic sexual abuse of children at the hands of Catholic priests, and, in the process, gave voice to many who had been silenced for decades.

Stories sometimes are true and sometimes they are false but it is up to the public to believe in what is right and what is wrong. In this day and age, where information is available at the touch of a mouse, it’s not surprising that the media is a particularly dominant and powerful

The issue of journalistic ethics is examined in Janet Malcolm’s work The Journalist and the Murderer. This work stresses the importance of exercising good moral and ethic judgment. Janet Malcolm is very direct in her opinion on this “standard procedure” journalist use on their subjects to write a story. “Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally in defensible.” For the sake of telling a good, profitable story, journalist will sometimes recreate their subject in order to make their work more interesting. Malcolm is clear in her book that this is unethical.

Put simply, my parents are Bosnian refugees who immigrated into the United States in the late 90’s. Bosnia is a small region of what was Yugoslavia, which was located in the Balkans. Being raised Bosnian-American has instilled a distinct set of characteristics within my soul that cannot be summarized in any standardized way. No SAT score, ACT score, or GPA could measure the tenacity I have, nor the reverence I have inherited. A healthy mix of personal experiences and heritage is what makes me uniquely me, and I would not have it any other way.

It appears that this moral dilemma, rather to intervene in a life-threatening events is not obvious to most journalists and photographers. Past events have brought the need to add the rescue clause to the charter of journalistic ethics, which gives a priority for assisting casualties over the journalistic task. In my opinion, a news reporter must intervene in the case of a life threatening event as a part of his moral duties as a human being.

April 2nd 1981, was the day my father was shot. He was forced to leave his country Kosovo, amidst the war and oppressive regime it was placed under. He came to the United States knowing no english, and did not have a single dollar in his pocket. He always reminiscent of the days when he was a young boy. He tells me there i nothing like Kosovo and I nod, not knowing what to say. I always wondered why my father always went back, always took interest, and always tried to explain to me what was going on over there. A country that had hurt my father was the prime reason of his happiness. Today my father s the founder of the Albanian Yellow Pages Inc. , a marketing and advertising company. He is also a main figure in the Albanian American community

The 1987 film Broadcast News focuses on the inner workings of a broadcast news department as it shows various friendship and romantic relationships within the workplace. By showing the personal lives as well as professional performances of broadcast reporters in this fictional drama, the film delves into a few key ethical dilemmas. The main characters are Jane Craig, a producer, Aaron Altman, a broadcast reporter, and Tom Grunick, a newcomer to the news reporting profession. Perhaps one of the ethical issue most pivotal to the plot is when Tom decides to stage a shot of him crying in order to splice it in as a reaction to an emotional story told by one of his interviewees in a story he was running about “date rape”. Although doing so compromises

John Pilger’s ‘The War You Don’t See’ promotes many strong ideas, with a strong focus on the value of honesty and the lack of it. Raising the issue of when the media do not do their job, the public is manipulated as we are not told the whole truth therefore are not aware of the horrific and

The land of Kosovo has been plagued with tension for hundreds of years being claimed by several surrounding countries. The two biggest contenders, Albanians in Kosovo and Serbia have been fighting for the land, which culminated in a full war from 1998-1999. The war brought international attention to the war crimes committed by both sides, and proved that the two countries had years to go before coming to a solution. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) led by Kosovo Albanians, and the Serbian militia led by President Slobodan Milošević committed heinous crimes against their enemies. Crimes range from ethnic cleansing to rape and destruction of whole villages. The violence created a serious refugee problem that is still relevant today.

The film Shattered Glass presents the ethical issues of fabrication and the deception of the writer, Stephen Glass, to his editor and co-workers. He deliberately sensationalized his stories in order to gain his reader’s attention. His facts were partially, if not completely, inaccurate and he presented notes that he fabricated as facts for each of his pieces at the New Republic. Journalists in the media have a duty to the people to report the truth and follow an ethical code whenever reporting stories.