Law and Ethics for Today's Journalist

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Law and Ethics for Todays Journalist offers aspiring and working journalists the practical understanding of law and ethics they must have to succeed at their craft. Mathewson engagingly weaves together the essentials of media ethics and law by focusing on what practicing journalists will find most useful. Everything a journalist needs to know about legal protections, limitations, and risks inherent in workaday reporting is illustrated with highlights from major court opinions.