Just under 20 people gathered in a semi circle at the Sacramento Press's office to listen to a Journalism Ethics workshop on Wednesday night. Molly Dugan, assistant professor of journalism and communication studies at Sac State, led the workshop. Participants enjoyed pizza and salad from Hot Italian and mingled with other professionals from various media organizations. Dugan covered the basics of libel, public figures, honesty, accuracy and disclosure when writing articles. She encouraged wr... colleen Jack Nordby comment-3907 2009-02-27T05:18:38Z 2009-02-27T05:18:38Z Thank you Colleen for getting Molly Dugan to share some of her experience with us as it pertains to journalism ethics. I think everyone who attended took away a little more information about the do's and do not's of writing a story. I don't have any excuses now. Thanks again. Jack Nordby 2009-02-27T05:18:38Z Dustin L. Littrell comment-3900 2009-02-26T21:59:16Z 2009-02-26T21:59:16Z I'm sorry I missed out, sounded like a good discussion. Dustin L. Littrell 2009-02-26T21:59:16Z Colleen Belcher comment-3866 2009-02-26T16:58:22Z 2009-02-26T16:58:22Z Hopefullly we'll have some video recordings in the future. I will email you a copy of the worksheet that was handed out last night. If anyone else would like a copy of the worksheet, they can email me colleen@sacramentopress.com. Great suggestion - we'll see what we can do about having a section of the site posted for the mechanics of journalism. Thanks, John! Colleen Belcher 2009-02-26T16:58:22Z John Hughes comment-3881 2009-02-26T16:53:40Z 2009-02-26T16:53:40Z In a perfect world, videos or audio recordings of presentations and copies of any material handed out would be available in a section of the site devoted to the mechanics of journalism. This would turn the valuable lessons learned by 20 individuals into a store of information that could help many, many more. John Hughes 2009-02-26T16:53:40Z