Summary
Under the heading of "Seek Truth and Report It," the SPJ Code of Ethics urges journalists to: * Tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular to do so. * Give voice to the voiceless; officiai and unofficial sources of information can be equally valid. (Disclosure: A member of the SPJ Ethics Committee works for Maine Public Broadcasting Network.) Some speakers made jabs about the high percentage of outside media ownership in Portland, with the Press Herald standing as a main exception.
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Easy to Report, Easy to Forget
On a summer trip to Maine, I took in the standard (lobster, shopping at an outlet store) and the unusual (a Federal Communications Commission hearing), which shows you how warped my sense of vacation is.
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