A GOOD ATTEMPT, BUT CODE STILL NEEDS WORK.

A reprint of an article about the proposed revision of the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) Code of Ethics which was first appeared on a blog by the author at stevebuttry.wordpress.com is presented. Topics discussed include the progress that the Ethics Committee has made on the rewrite of...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Quill Vol. 102; no. 4; pp. 15 - 18
Main Author:	BUTTRY, STEVE
Format:	Article
Published:	Society of Professional Journalists Foundation Inc Jul/Aug2014
Subjects:	Society of Professional Journalists (U.S.) Codes of ethics Blogs Accuracy in journalism American journalism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	A reprint of an article about the proposed revision of the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) Code of Ethics which was first appeared on a blog by the author at stevebuttry.wordpress.com is presented. Topics discussed include the progress that the Ethics Committee has made on the rewrite of the SPJ Code of Ethics, the issues that the Code of Ethics needs to address and the need for SPJ to promote a practice that can improve accuracy.