Entries by Tom Allen

Journalism and fake-news, our role as educators

From EUPRERA news. by Wim J.L. Elving, professor Sustainable Communication, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands On Thursday, August 16th, 2018, 350 newspapers in the United States took […]

#POWERofETHICS: Embracing Ethics Month

All through this month of September, PR and communications professionals around the world will set aside a bit of time to renew their understanding of and commitment to the highest […]

Flawed news

A breaking news story this weekend demonstrates how fake news travels thanks to human curiosity, algorithms, and search. Reporting the death of an individual should be an ethical red line, […]

When Passion Meets Ethics

“Passion is when you’re willing to quit your job over something in which you believe.” I’m not sure who to originally said this, but, regardless, these words have long resonated with me, and […]

ICCO challenges industry with #POWERofETHICS campaign

International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) has challenged the public relations and communications industry to put ethics at the heart of everything it does as it begins the #POWERofETHICS campaign. To […]