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  • Standards for digital breaking news coverage You want to get the news online as quickly as possible, but in the opening minutes or hours of covering a breaking story, you are still sorting fact from rumor. Here are some guidelines that might help you to uphold and update ethical standards.
  • Engaging the public and maintaining standards Digital media companies need to host the community conversation. They also need to consider the standards for that conversation and how they can enforce those standards and how they distinguish the community conversation from journalism that is held to higher standards.
  • Digital dilemmas for visual journalism ethics Some guidelines that might help journalists gathering video and audio material to uphold and update ethical standards.
  • Alternative Storytelling As newspapers grow tighter and competition for eyeballs increases, reporters may be called on to help editors grab readers’ attention. A device called “alternative storytelling” allows newspapers to get away from “straight”news reporting and into briefer, more visual formats.
  • Telling a story in a multimedia world Telling stories in a multi-platform world involves several choices. They won’t all apply to every story, but you should consider them with every story.
  • Coaching journalists for multiple platforms Telling stories for continuous deadlines and multiple platforms involves several choices that editors must discuss with reporters, mojos, visual journalists, web producers and other editors. These decisions won’t all apply to every story, but you should consider them with every story and coach the journalists who work for you to consider them routinely.
  • Elevate Your Training Career Wherever you are as a trainer and wherever you want to go, you can elevate your career by working on personal development.
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