Charles M. SennottOctober 23, 2012 17:46

Has the digital age changed the ethics of journalism?

GlobalPost executive editor Charles Sennott looks at how reporters find truth in an increasingly digital world.

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NEW YORK – How do you set a standard for ethics in journalism in the digital age?

Is it any different than the ethical standards that have been enshrined by generations past in the old-school world of newspapers and network news?

And how do reporters out there in the world establish ‘truth’ in a landscape where spouting opinion too often prevails over digging for facts?

The Paley Center for Media hosted a gathering of journalists, entrepreneurs and new media thinkers to ponder these questions at a forum on “The New Ethics of Journalism: A Guide for the 21st Century.”

Charles M. SennottSeptember 28, 2012 13:53

Aung San Suu Kyi, and other stories from the San Francisco Freedom Forum

GlobalPost executive editor Charles Sennott brings us stories from the first Freedom Forum held in the US.

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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be honored at the San Francisco Freedom Forum on September 28, 2012. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO — I am here at the San Francisco Freedom Forum, which is one of a host of forums around the world sponsored by the Human Rights Foundation. Tonight the Freedom Forum is honoring Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for her work in helping Burma make a transition to democracy. There is still much work to do, as she is expected to share tonight in her speech.

Charles M. SennottSeptember 25, 2012 20:25

Morsi represents 'new Egypt' at Clinton Global Initiative

Egypt's new president appealed to an assembly of leaders and investors, hosted by former US President Bill Clinton.

President Morsi Clinton Global Initiative

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City on September 25, 2012. (Charles M. Sennott/GlobalPost)

NEW YORK — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi made his debut on the world stage here Tuesday by condemning the recent anti-American violence in the region and hastening to add that freedom of speech must be joined with responsibility.

Morsi, who emerged from Egypt’s once-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to become Egypt’s first democratically elected president earlier this year, addressed a packed audience of leaders in American business, government and philanthropy gathered for the Clinton Global Initiative.

Emily JudemJune 29, 2012 11:24

A Daughter's Journey: On the Ground in Cape Town

VIDEO: Tracy Jarrett takes an extraordinary journey — from Chicago to Cape Town, South Africa — to learn about the disease that took her mother's life and forever changed her own.

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“A Daughter's Journey" is a series of blog posts by Tracy Jarrett, a GlobalPost/Kaiser Family Foundation global health reporting fellow. Tracy is traveling from her hometown, Chicago, to Cape Town, South Africa as part of a Special Report entitled "AIDS: A Turning Point.”

Tristan McConnellMay 29, 2012 06:14

How do journalists write about Africa?

Commentary: Correspondents live and work on the continent to give readers on-the-ground knowledge.

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Correspondent Tristan McConnell reporting in Hargeisa, Somaliland. (Narayan Mahon/Courtesy)

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NAIROBI, Kenya — When I write that the people of the Nuba Mountains are terrified of Khartoum’s Antonov bombers, it’s not because I have read an article on the psychology of air raids or trawled through academic tomes weighed down with footnotes and references. It’s because I’ve lain in the dirt with them when the bombs fell. I’ve seen the terror on their faces and I’ve felt it myself.