"Using case studies and historical analysis, this book traces changes in ways that journalists understood their ethical responsibilities during the pre-internet twentieth century. Each chapter in this book explores a historical development in the evolution of journalists' perceptions of their role as professionals"--.

• Cover
• Journalism’s EthicalProgression
• Journalism’s EthicalProgressionA Twentieth-Century Journey
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • A Profession Ripe for Change
  • The Democratic Paradox in Journalism
  • Chapter Summaries
  • Notes
• Chapter 1
• The Progressive Era’s Social Awakening and the Soul of the News
  • The Awakening of the Social Consciousness
  • Journalism and the Awakening
  • The Soul of Journalism
  • The Soulless Corporation
  • Notes
• Chapter 2
• A “Failure to Take Itself Seriously”
  • Background
  • The Canons Created
  • The Crisis
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 3
• The Lippmann-Dewey “Debate”
  • Construction of the Dewey-Lippmann “Debate”
  • Dewey’s Theory of Journalism
  • Lippmann’s Early Theory of Journalism
  • Lippmann’s Disillusionment and Dewey’s Response
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 4
• Francis Biddle and the Jennings Case in 1934–1935
  • The American Newspaper Guild and Dean Jennings
  • Francis Biddle’s Background
  • Francis Biddle and the Jennings Case
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 5
• Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker’s Legacy of Pacifism
  • The Spanish Civil War
  • Catholic Ideology
  • Social Institutions: The Church Hierarchy
  • Media Organization: A Movement and a Workplace
  • News Gathering from the Grassroots and the Heart
  • Personalism and Journalism
  • Weathering Flak
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 6
• War Correspondents, Women’s Interests, and World War II
  • The U.S. Military and the War Correspondent, 1941–1943
  • The Military and the Woman’s Angle, 1941–1943
  • The Woman’s Angle as Opportunity, 1943–1944
  • The Woman’s Angle as Obstacle, 1943–1944
  • New Regulations for Women War Correspondents, 1944
  • About Face, 1945
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 7
• Conflicts of Interest in Journalism
  • Recalibrating Ethical Norms
  • A Clash of Sensibilities
  • The Syndicate Party Controversy
  • Change and Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 8
• Ethical Duty and the Right to Know
  • Associating Press Freedom with a Right to Know
  • The Right to Know about Public Business
  • Crusading for Freedom of Information and Press Freedom
  • Press Freedom as a Means Rather than an End
  • Calling for Editors to Protect Press Freedom and the Right to Know
  • Emphasizing Benefits of Press Freedom to Fair Trial Rights and People’s Right to Know
  • Emphasizing Secrecy and Censorship at the Source of Criminal Justice Information
  • Notes
• Chapter 9
• “Blackening Up Journalism”
  • Ethics and Inclusivity
  • Theorizing the Ethical Struggle
  • Ethical Tensions within Goal 2000
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Conclusion
• Index
• About the Contributors