Ethics and the Media

Episode of Series “Journalism Resource Tapes”.
Creighton Burns, Editor of the Age and Harry Gordon, former Editor in Chief of the Herald and Weekly Times, discuss issues relating to journalism’s code of ethics. They discuss what their in-house rules are relating to ethics and integrity within their journalistic world.

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production company

Deakin University

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

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Journalism Resource Tapes

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302336

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalistic ethics

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

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Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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Australia, 1987