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Student Journalists’ Ethical Approaches to Coverage of Campus Sexual Misconduct

Reed, Megan E.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2969-147X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou152602516903047

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2018, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Journalism (Communication).
Sexual misconduct, particularly on college campuses, has gained media attention in recent years due to policy changes in universities’ handling of cases, student activism, and several high-profile cases involving universities. Student newspapers have been tasked with covering assault on their own campuses, and those student journalists are in the unique position of covering a sensitive issue that involves their peers and, in some cases, involves the journalists themselves. This thesis includes qualitative interviews with 20 current and former student journalists who covered campus sexual misconduct at their student newspapers. The journalists interviewed described their sexual assault coverage as different from other stories they had covered, and the journalists encountered several difficult ethical dilemmas throughout the reporting processes. Although the journalists dealt with internal biases and many struggled with emotional connections to the stories and their sources, they still strived for objectivity by focusing on the journalistic values of fairness and balance.
Bill Reader (Committee Chair)
Bernhard Debatin (Committee Member)
Alexander Godulla (Committee Member)
108 p.
Journalism
journalism; student media; student newspaper; ethics; sexual assault; rape; campus sexual assault; sexual misconduct; campus media

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  • Reed, M. E. (2018). Student Journalists’ Ethical Approaches to Coverage of Campus Sexual Misconduct [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou152602516903047

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Reed, Megan. Student Journalists’ Ethical Approaches to Coverage of Campus Sexual Misconduct . 2018. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou152602516903047.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Reed, Megan. "Student Journalists’ Ethical Approaches to Coverage of Campus Sexual Misconduct ." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou152602516903047

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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