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The Herald News
Published 7/10/2007
Excerpt:
Media experts from around the nation weigh in on whether NBC5's Amy Jacobson crossed the line, from a journalism ethics standpoint:
YES
"While it is true that many journalists have friendships -- often unwise friendships -- the magnitude of this case, where there is a missing person investigation, possibly a homicide investigation, is not the same as somebody who is covering the Knights of Columbus or the local Big Brothers. In this case, where it's a missing person investigation of this magnitude, any kind of friendship with someone involved in the story seems exceptionally unwise." -- Bob Steele, Nelson Poynter scholar of journalism at the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
