Professional News Reporting
Bruce Garrison
Research shows 4 in 10 radio and television stations have a code of ethics for reporters and producers, describing standards for performance (Wulfemeyer, 1990). These situations reflect specific broadcast situations of many of the issues discussed in previous sections of this chapter. San Diego State University professor K. Tim Wulfemeyer (1990) analyzed the ethical perspectives of radio and television news directors on ethics in their newsrooms. He found concern for ethical matters, ...