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Thomas Kent teaches at Columbia University, specializing in journalistic ethics, the geopolitics of news and the challenges of disinformation and propaganda. He is an advisor to the Ethical Journalism Network. Previously, he was president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. At The Associated Press he was standards editor, international editor, Moscow bureau chief and chief of AP operations during the Iranian Revolution. He writes frequently about journalism ethics, press freedom and propaganda. He has addressed professional forums in 20 countries and students at 30 universities.
May 30, 2019 •
Comment, Ethics and Quality, Newsroom Management, Recent •
by Thomas Kent
What’s your news company’s mission? Most journalists at mainstream news organizations would bridle at the question. A mission sounds like a pre-determined point of view, an ideology that could colour reporting. Isn’t a news...
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September 7, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Thomas Kent
Virtual reality journalism is with us to stay, and will become even more realistic and immersive as technology improves. Already, virtual reality (VR) headsets and vivid sound tracks can put a viewer into stunning, 360-degree scenes of a...
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June 23, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Thomas Kent
The Online News Association (ONA) will soon launch its “Build Your Own Ethics Code” project, designed to help news organisations, startups and individual journalists create codes of ethics that reflect their own journalistic...
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