Week 1 Discussion 1 and 2

Week One Learning Outcomes

This week students will:

· Examine the role of the journalist in providing maximally relevant truth-telling in the public interest.

· Analyze the journalistic imperative of moral responsibility.

Overview

Assignment	Due Date	Format	Grading Percent
Post Your Introduction	Day 1	Discussion	1
Discussion 1: News Story Observations	Day 3 (1st post)	Discussion	4
Discussion 2: A Moral Dilemma	Day 3 (1st post)	Discussion	4

Note: The online classroom is designed to time students out after 90 minutes of inactivity. Because of this, we strongly suggest that you compose your work in a word processing program and copy and paste it into the discussion post when you are ready to submit it.