Stephen J. Ward, the director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed in the last decade an impressive body of work to articulate how journalism can perform its functions ethically.
(Full disclosure: He is a former colleague at both UBC, where I worked with and for him, and at The Canadian Press, where he worked with and, very briefly, for me.)
Ward, in a post for PBS' MediaShift, identifies the principles of ethics journalism education.
In summary, he suggests:
1. Starting from the students' world, not your own. No laying down of media laws.
2. Assisting with reflective engagement. Help them reach their own ethical views.
3. Insisting on critical, not just fashionable, thinking.
4. Accommodating the transitional. Ideas of old may not work today.
5. Being global in perspective.
He advocates dialectical, holistic, Socratic teaching. The tall order is a very good guide. 
 
 

A new poll suggests about one-quarter of Canadians believe Facebook plays a more negative than positive role.
Should we be surprised? Social media aren't for everyone, and even among users there are doubters.
The Harris/Decima poll for The Canadian Press found a bit of an age gap in the perception of Facebook --- the older you were, the more likely you were to feel negatively. But, for a service with such rapid growth and such enigmatic qualities (that is, a new wrinkle seemingly each week to its offerings), I thought the poll indicated pretty strong acceptance. About 40 per cent --- and about three-quarters of users --- felt it made a more positive than negative contribution.

 
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