Thursday night we had our last Ben Franklin program–a discussion of journalistic ethics as practiced by Franklin and by today’s journalists. Our panelists all had thoughtful and interesting ideas backed up by examples gleaned from their own experience in newspaper and television journalism. A good-sized crowd made up mostly of adults and a few students listened carefully as Ted Vaden, Frank Fee, and Julia Lewis talked about using anonymous sources, trying to stay objective, and policies about printing sensational news.
