In the early 1980, CNN opened the doors to global news broadcasting though innovations in communication. Today, digital media communication is taking it further thought text, video and images. The speed is amazing. Events and the following media impact it has around the world place in real time the global community. Geographical complexities and cultural differences are reduced and brought together for a moment by images seen on television or other technologies.A concern is how information is edited and disseminated when the viewers and listeners are literally the world population. In essence global journalism ethics it is an extension of journalism ethics in that the reporter becomes more like a global citizen responsible to the information needs of the citizens of the world. Allegiance to your country or religion will have to be put aside if global objectivity is to be achieved. The upside and goal is “a well-informed, diverse and tolerant global ‘info-sphere’ that challenges the distortions of tyrants, the abuse of human rights and the manipulation of information by special interests.”As I am writing this the world continues to rally around the recent rescue of the trapped Chilean miners and international cooperation that made it possible. How long will this continue? Is it also possible to come up with universal values in reporting information that everyone can work with for other complex issues? And what about keeping our smaller and immediate communities healthy and informed? We really don’t have problems with lions and tigers terrorizing our neighborhoods, but I’m a little concerned with radical religious groups that prowl the world.As a world leader and proponent of human rights, America needs to be on the forefront of global news media and innovations. This is a tough assignment when some world leaders would shut down open-information flow from their people and the world to protect their agenda. Hopefully, we do not fall into that category.
-Julie Post
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