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Chapter 5: Law and Ethics: Reporting Rules of the Road

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Interviews

Andy Carvin, National Public Radio’s social media strategist, explains how his use of Twitter as a newsgathering tool does not change his responsibility to check out information.

John Yemma, editor-in-chief of the Christian Science Monitor, offers his view as to how he thinks journalists should present themselves on social media.

Kate Gardiner, a social media consultant who has worked with a range of media from Al Jazeera to the Washington Post, suggests ways for journalists to check out social media sources to ensure they are trustworthy.

Richard Gingras, CEO of Salon.com in March 2011 before becoming Google’s news products head, says that the addition of new technologies does not invalidate traditional ethical practices.