Special Issue: Ethics of covering vulnerable people

Guest edited by Sallyanne Duncan and Jackie Newton

• From ethical challenges to a matter of rights - by Karla Perez Portilla and Lee Knifton


• Survivor autonomy: An ethical starting point in covering disasters - by Denis Muller


• Journalists and emotions: The theory of balance - by Lyn Barnes


• Silencing vulnerability or 'do no harm'?: Ethical dilemmas in reporting suicide at times of crisis - by Izabela Korbiel and Katharine Sarikakis


• Jokes in public: The ethical implications of radio prank calls - by Subin Paul and John C. Carpenter


• Myth, Maori and two cartoons: A semiotic analysis - by Steve Elers and Phoebe Elers


• 'My four year old is an asshole': Considering ethical challenges of children as the butt of jokes in contemporary comedy and satire - by Kai Hanno Schwind

PLUS

• Supervisors' perspectives on the ethical supervision of long form writing and managing trauma narrative within the Australian tertiary sector - by Sue Joseph and Carolyn Rickett


• Illness bloggers and sickness scams: Communication ethics and the ‘Belle’ Gibson saga - by Elaine Xu and Terence Lee