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PAGE 8 — THE DECREE — APRIL 19,2002 Durham Rescue Mission benefits from ADP help At the Durham/RTP Adult Degree Program location, staff, students, and faculty participated in a month-long collection to benefit the homeless and working poor who are served by the Durham Rescue Mission. On March 29, student Paul Ksionsk, faculty member Lee Carter, and staff member Cathie McIntyre made a presentation to the Rev. Ernie Mills. They presented the Mission with $152 and four boxes of toiletries and food. Mills expressed appreciation that the College selected his organization for the March project. McIntyre said, “N.C. Wesleyan College is committed to preparing students for participation in the community, and the Durham Rescue Mission has offered help to the needy in this community for over twenty years. “ Following the presentation, the NCWC volunteers participated in food preparation and Easter basket distribution. Over 450 people were served at the Good Friday activities. Malone to visit NCWC (Continued from Front Page) Dickens’s novels.) “American detective fiction was fathered in the South by Poe and Twain, and has carried that strong heritage through Intruder in the Dust and To Kill a Mockingbird to the novels of my contemporaries. To solve murders, detectives must unearth all the buried social and familial entanglements that led to the crimes. Hiding secrets, digging them up — it’s a Southern tradition. The roots of our lives are tangled deep in a shared rich and painful past that is always struggling up out of its grave to haunt us. “I think that readers today turn to the ‘mystery’ because they can find there the kind of storytelling they once found in general fiction. I turn to the mystery for the same reason. When you write a murder mystery, you enlarge your canvas beyond the relational and domestic, beyond the intimate confines of many modem novels. You move your story into a public realm where plots have moral and political and social dimensions, where private acts have consequences beyond the personal. In short, you bring in a world.” For more information, contact Dr. James Bowers, assistant professor of English and director of the Visiting Writers’ Series, 985-5264. Student Sumorf Center Whsft gt^i^ SS£? PNiJect Stteemt, WesSndjt, CMsOiiSmcs S«rws«*. Injtructwiii (SI). VSI iWsjrt Oamvam 188 BwiiJ; StuS«f)p(rt®fici»e,«du T«te|>h«t>e: 252*985*5131 Th« ssc is !»*>. n in (kvsJofsflg and ttchievitsji tte tAjwtwiid goolJ through actSsities. Hours of Ooeratkm: Mamfety t» TiBittsasy; 8:00 am-9:00 ps Fridsyi SsOOara.&SOjxn Our goal. Hold us to it. ^tSOCIETYOr HUPROFESSiOliAL ^i^JOURNAUSTS. Code of Ethics Preamble Members of the Society of Professional JoumaJists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to (urther those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the, public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a Journalist’s credibility. Members of the Society share a dedication to ethical behavior and adopt this code to declare the Society’s principles and standards of practice. Seek Tyuth and Report It Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information. Journalists should: ► fol the accurao' ot infomiaiion from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadrertent trmr Deliberate distortion is never permissible. ► Diiisientlv seek out subjects cl' ne\\s stories to give them die e?)portunity to respond to allbj;alioiisol\vroiij|iloiiij! ► Identih' sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as raucii infonnation as jKissible on sources' reliabilift’ ► Akvav5 question suurca' iiiotivis betone promising anonyraitv: Clarifj' conditions attached to anv iiromise made in e.\cliange for information. Keep protiilses. ► .Make certain that headlines, nevvs leases and pro.'notional material, photos, video, audiii, graphia, sound bites and quotations do not misrepiesent. Tlw should not oveisiinplifv' or higlilighl incidents out o( contejil ► .Sever distort the content of ne«s pbotos or video. Image enhancement lor itthnical claritv- is ahvavs [icnnissible Label montages and photo illustrations. ► Avoid misleading re-enaclnents or staged news events. It I'c-enactmeni is necesarv' to tell a storj; label it. ► .Avrail imderawr or other surreptitious methods of gathering infonnation txcq>i when traditional open methods will not yield infonnation vital to the public. I 'se of such methods should be e,xplained as part of the stoi>: ► Never plagiarize ► Tell the stori- of the divetsitv' and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular 10 do so. ► Examine iheir own cultural values and avoid imposing tinsevaliitsonotheis. ► .'U'uid steiwtvping by race, gender, age. religion, ethnicity, geography, se.Nu:il orieiitalion,disabilitv', plivsici appearance or social status. ► .'iiipiKiit the o(ien exchange of views, even viavs they find repugnant, ► (live voice to the voicelcss: ofhcial and unofficial sources of infonnadon can be equally valid. ► Distinguish benveen advocacy and nevvs reporting. ;\nahsis and comnienlarv' should be labeled and not misiepitsent fad or context ► Distinguish nevvs from advertising and sliun hvtrids that blur the lines between the wo. ► Kecogniw a S|iecial obligation to ensure that the public's business is conducted in the i)|Mi and that government leconls are open to in^tion. Minimize Harm Ethical journalists treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect. Journalists should: ► Show compassion for those who may be affected adretsely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects, ► Be sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of diose affeoed by tragedy or grief. ► Recognize that gathering and rgxirtlng Infoimatlon may cause hanm or discomfort Puisult of the ne»s is not a license for arrogance ► Recognize that private people haw a greater right to control Infonnation about diemselvK dian do public officials and others who seek powei; influence or attention. Only an ovwriding public need can justify intrusion into anyone's privacy ► Show good taste. Av^jid pandering to lurid curiosity ► Be caudous about idendlying juKnite subjects or victims of sex crimes. ► Be judicious about naming criminal subsets before the fonnal filing of diarges. ► Balance a criminal suit’s fair trial rights with the public's right to be informed. Act Independently Journalists should be free of obligation to any interest other than the public’s right to know. Journalists should: ► Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. ► Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage ctedibility ► Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and ^ial treatment, and shun secondary employment, political invohonent, public office and sereice in community' organizations if they compromise joumalislic integrit)'. ► Disclose unavoidable conflicls. ► Be vigilant and courageous about hoUing those with power accountable. ► Deny favored tieatment to advatiseis and special interests and resist Iheir pressure to influence nevw coverage. ► Be wary of sources offering infonmtion for favots or money; avoid bidding for nevvts. Be Accountable Journalists are accountable to their readers, listeners, viewers and each other. Journalists should; ► Clarily- and e:q)lain ness coverage and invite dialogue with the public over journalistic conduct. ► Encourage the public to voice grievances against the news media ► Admit mistakes and correct them promptly ► Expose unediical practices of journalists and the news media ► Abide by the same high standards to which tliey hold others. 1 ^|gmulX^laChi'sllrsl Code ofEihicsvv-as^rrowed from the America Sode? of tjewspjper Editors in 1926. In 1973,SigmaDetoOi wrote its own code, vvhi* was I He present version of the Soaely of Professional Joumalisis’ Code of Eihic ras adopted in .September 1996. The Decree Aiming for the liighest standBrd
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