4The Daily Tar HeelMonday, April 11, 1988
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By LAURA PEAY
Staff Writer
Reporters only disclose personal
facts about public officials when
public issues are at stake, so this
procedure does not constitute an
invasion of privacy, panel discussion
participants said Sunday.
The discussion, "Media Ethics
Versus Media Bashing," was part of
the UNC School of Journalism's
Journalism Days program and was
sponsored by UNC's chapter of the
Society of Professional Journalists,
Sigma Delta Chi.
Panelists discussed the ethical
questions faced by The Charlotte
Observer in its coverage of the
scandal involving PTL's Jim Bakker,
and by The Miami Herald in its
investigation of Gary Hart's extra
marital activities.
Panelists were Ken Friedlein,
metropolitan editor of The Charlotte
Observer, Jim McGee, a former
Program explores mass
By LAURA PEAY
Staff Writer
Journalism educators, students
and professionals will explore ethics
in mass communications during the
eighth annual Journalism Days,
sponsored by the UNC School of
Journalism and the Journalism
Alumni and Friends Association.
The program, "Ethics in
Journalism-Mass Communication:
Where Do We Draw the Line?" began
Sunday and will continue today.
"It (the program) is a way for us
to bring professionals and our alums
back to the journalism school to talk
about issues in journalism and mass
communication," said Jan Elliott,
chair of the Journalism Days com
mittee. "It is a chance for all our
journalism students to come together
and meet alums. It gives them
exposure to the professional world.
"We feel the ethics issue is real
timely for right now."
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Miami Herald reporter, and UNC
students Rachel Orr and Rachel
Stifflcr. Deni Elliott, Dartmouth
University assistant professor and
Rockefeller fellow in journalism
ethics, served as the moderator and
media ethicist for the discussion.
Reporters' disclosure of personal
facts about Bakker's and Hart's sex
lives do not constitute an invasion of
privacy, McGee and Friedlein said.
"Public officials don't fear the press
in this country," McGee said. "They
manipulate the press, they mislead the
press, they lie to the press. No
(private) fact would be published
unless it was given in a public
context."
The Hart case involved a question
of credibility, because Hart had made
statements to the public that contra
dicted his actions, he said.
McGee said he was confident in
the Herald's coverage of the Hart
Today's events will begin at 9 a.m.
with a panel discussion titled, "Ethics
in Community Journalism: Does
Proximity Create Ethical Dilem
mas?" The panelists will be Katherine
Fulton, publisher of The Independent
in Durham; Clifton Metcalf, Waynes
ville (N.C.) Mountaineer editor; P.
Lea Campbell Jr., Chapel Hill News
paper publisher; and Sylvan Meyer,
former newspaper owner and pub
lisher emeritus of South Florida
magazine and South Florida Home
and Garden magazine.
Professional photographers will
discuss "Ethics in Photojournalism"
at 10 a.m. Panelists are John Long
of The Hartford Courant, Ken Cooke
of The Fayetteville Observer, and
Metcalf.
Charles Price, president of Price
McNabb in Asheville, will speak on
ethics in advertising at 1 1 a.m.
The Journalism Alumni and
Friends Association will have a lunch
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story. "The Hart story was a story
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story as an element."
Friedlein said the Observer's cov
erage of the Jim Bakker story did not
pose difficult ethical questions.
"It was not a tough case," he said.
"It was a case about money."
Reporters have three guidelines
when gathering material for a story,
McGee said. Reporters must make
sure that all other means of obtaining
information have been exhausted
before they use a questionable
method, they must be willing to
disclose the method used to obtain
the information, and they cannot
break the law, he said.
The Observer has a published
ethics policy for their reporters to use
as guidelines, Friedlein said.
Reporters should only use decep
tion in gathering material for a story
as a last resort.
"Deception is the last thing we want
commy oicatioo ethics
and its annual general meeting at
noon in the journalism school court
yard. Also at noon, the Public
Relations Society of America will
hold a luncheon at the Carolina Inn.
Paul Bernish, director of the public
relations for the Kroger Co. in
Cincinnati, Ohio will speak at 2 p.m.
on ethics in public relations.
All panel discussions will take place
in 104 Howell Hall.
Journalism Days will end at 4 p.m.
Monday with an annual awards
ceremony. Journalism school offi
cials will award more than $38,000
in scholarships and announce other
award recipients.
All journalism classes that are
scheduled during the program's
Student reflections
on a party
By BRIAN McCOLLUM
statt Writer
Students displayed a wide variety
of reactions to the year's biggest party
weekend, but one thought was
expressed by almost everyone in
attendance at Burnout, Springfest
and Carolina Beach Blast.
"This is what partying at Carolina
is all about," said freshman Dave
Spanjer. "It's been great."
Some other weekend student
observations:
"They need to do this more often
or spread out Springfest, Beach Blast
and Burnout to make it last longer,"
said Joe Kendrick. "I'm about partied
out."
"The one problem with Beach
Blast is that some people can't enjoy
it 'cause they don't know how to
shag," said freshman Chuck Brittain.
"Give me enough beer and 111 shag
my butt off."
"My mom gave me the guilt
trip," said sophomore Luis Agosto.
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to do," he said, "Highly valued for
a newspaper is trust.
There are differences between
investigative reporting and media
reporting, McGee said. "It is a
different world, but I doiTt think
there are different rules."
Investigative reporters have a
different process they must follow, he
said. Reporting values have had to
be passed down from older reporters
to younger reporters.
Bad news is more newsworthy than
good news, Friedlein said. The
Charlotte Observer was not unfair to
Jim Bakker when it published more
negative stories than positive ones, he
said.
Elliott concluded the discussion
and said the press does not serve as
the voice of the people or as a
representation of reality, but as an
independent body that facilitates
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events will be canceled, and students
will be encouraged to attend the
programs instead, Elliott said.
"We feel that what professionals
have to say about journalism is very
important for the students to hear,"
she said.
But the programs are not open to
just journalism students, she said.
"We welcome anybody students
or members of the community."
Twenty-nine students were
inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha
honorary journalism society at a
luncheon Sunday. Members of the
Journalism, Advertising and Public
Relations Halls of Fame were also
inducted Sunday.
weekend
"She wanted to come, but I told her
I was getting drunk."
"IVe seen so many people I
hadn't seen in a long time," said
sophomore Lori Hocutt, "but they
probably won't remember seeing me."
B "This is the best time IVe ever
had," said freshman Amelia Arm
strong. "I hope I don't have to
graduate in four years so I can come
to a lot more of these."
"They canceled Wollstock, so I
came over here," said N.C. State
student A.J. Molnar. "It's awesome
since I had nothing better to do."
"Too bad this is on Sunday,
'cause I'm gonna miss classes tomor
row," said junior Kevin Lambert,
referring to Beach Blast.
B "This weekend's given me spring
fever," said freshman David Mason.
"It's gonna be hard to study now."
B "The weekend's just beginning,"
sophomore Larry Chu said Sunday
afternoon.
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Number of smokers down
over last 5 years, poll shows
From staff reports
A recent poll conducted by
students at the UNC School of
J ournalism shows that the number
of North Carolinians who smoke
has fallen sharply in the last five
years.
Seventy-two percent of male
respondents and 74 percent of
female respondents do not smoke,
according to the 400 adults polled
in North Carolina. Overall, 27
percent of state voting-age adults
said they smoked, compared to 38
percent in a similar study con
ducted in the spring of 1983.
The poll showed that education
has an effect on whether people
smoke. Thirty-three percent of
those who did not finish high
school smoked, compared to 24
percent of high school graduates.
About 45 percent of factory
workers smoke, more than any
other group listed. About 15
percent of office workers said they
smoke.
The poll was conducted from
Feb. 28 through March 3 and has
a margin of error of plus or minus
5 percentage points.
Literacy program search finished
A UNC group has just com
pleted a search for the nation's best
literacy programs for 10- to 15-year-olds
which shows that the key
to lowering the nation's illiteracy
rate is reaching students before
they leave middle-school grades.
The programs pinpointed by the
study are located across the United
States from Alaska to New York.
Teaching approaches and spon
sors of the program vary, but the
most important element is that the
students actually read and write,
according to Judith Davidson, a
member of the group.
"If the students in classes that
are supposed to help them learn
to read are only filling out work
sheets, they may not be able to
transfer that learning to reading
textbooks or newspapers," David
son said.
Fulbright Scholars to gather
Fulbright Scholars from all over
the world will be in Chapel Hill
April 10-12 for a seminar on
humanities research.
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Business School hears plans
Two businesses will present
their business plans to a panel of
experts during a Venture Forum
at the Kenan Center April 12.
The businesses, Equine Health
Care and XIOS, will present their
plans to a panel made up of
professors of the Graduate School
of Business Administration, the
owner of a veterinary hospital and
the director of a computer support
organization.
There is a $15 registration fee
for the forum, which will run from
6:30 to 10 p.m. For more infor
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Profitably" through market share
and financial performance
improvement will be the focus of
a three-day seminar at UNC April
11-13.
The seminar, sponsored by the
Graduate School of Business
Administration, will show busi
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agers how to plan for and achieve
growth.
Instuctors will be UNC business
school faculty members Gerald
Bell, professor; Jay Klompmaker,
professor; Mike Miles, N.C. Real
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Phillip Hettleman professor.
The seminar fee of $595 includes
tuition, lunch and materials. For
more information, call Julie Might
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