Situation One
You run an online news site in New York known for its up-to-date coverage of breaking news. An explosion erupts in a building in Manhattan and all of its occupants have been evacuated. Your reporter is on the scene interviewing three witnesses of the explosion, who say a mother and child have been killed on the fifth floor. Your reporter cannot find a New York Fire Department source to confirm the information, and your calls to the NYFD command center go unanswered. Do you post the information?
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In Situation one, the editor started the decision-making by identifying “beat the competition” as one goal of reporting information on the explosion. How might the emphasis on that value influence other decision-making steps on this case?
Do time-honored journalism values such as accuracy and reliability take on different meaning and carry different weight in online journalism compared to newspaper reporting? If so, why?
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