There’s still time to compete for the Social and Environmental Responsibility World Journalism Prize
The jury of representatives from the Social and Environmental Responsibility World Forum and the World Editors Forum, will award prizes in three categories:
- A “non-specialist” prize, which is open to all articles pertaining to issues of social and environmental responsibility
- A prize for the best article covering the press of developing nations
- A prize for coverage of a specific topic, decided each year by WEF. This year’s topic is “Diversity and equal opportunities.”
Relevant articles published between August 1, 2006 and July 31, 2007 must be submitted for consideration in the competition before August 25, 2007. All entry information is available on the Social and Environmental Responsibility World Forum website.
The winners will be notified personally after the September 24 announcement and will receive a five-day trip to France and 1000 euros. Winners must then attend the International Meeting on diversity and equal opportunity during October 23-25, 2007.
For more information, e-mail contact@worldforum-lille.org.
Source: The World Editors Forum
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Journalism standards should with as rigorous for print as well as online venues. Weblogs and online forums have given journalism a socitiael reach that it has never had before in history. Like the old, untamed American West it could use some civility and direction. Journalist should not be allowed to write whatever they want without fear of legal reprisal. If Americans want a free and vibrant society it must have a press that is both free and responsibile; anything less is just propaganda and gossip that passes as a bad impression of journalism.
Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana
Lindsay, for the benefit of all your managing editor readers, perhaps it would help to review some key facts about this case. Mr. Callaway chose to disregard the Dow Jones "code of conduct" in an attempt to retain a columnist, Bambi Francisco. In doing so, he knowingly placed the Dow Jones Company's reputation at risk.
To make matters worse, rather than take full responsibility for his lapse in judgment, he then made cavalier comments about the need for flexible principles to adapt to the need for a softer position on ethics -- because new media is different (so he believes).
In contrast, I suggest that all professional journalists should attempt to rise the high ethical standards of the best bloggers by using "disclosure" statements whenever there is the potential for an apparent conflict of interest. My point: Ms. Francisco repeatedly wrote about people and organizations where she knew there was a clear conflict of interest. Meanwhile, Callaway did nothing, until it was publicly exposed.
Do the rigid rules of honor and integrity still apply? Moreover, does the World Editors Forum membership collectively stand behind Mr. Callaway's (and Dow Jones, by default) call for a softening of ethical standards? The general public would like to know your answer.