Ethics in journalism and Cheryl Kernot: A colloquium

Authors

Rhonda Breit, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
John Harrison, University of Queensland
Martin Hirst, University of Queensland
Trina McLellan, University of Queensland
Desley Bartlett, University of Queensland

Document Type

Article

Department

Graduate School of Media and Communications

Abstract

Ethics asks the 'ought' question. Ought Laurie Oakes have disclosed Cheryl Kernot's affair with Gareth Evans? Ought the affair be taken into account in any assessment of Kernot's motives for defecting to the ALP? Ought Kernot have disclosed the affair to ALP leaders before her defection? Ought Kernot have omitted the affair from her memoir? Ought politicians' private lives be paraded in public? Ought journalists re-consider their treatment of high-profile women in public life? All these issues and more are discussed in the colloquium below.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Australian Studies in Journalism

Recommended Citation

Breit, R., Harrison, J., Hirst, M., McLellan, T., Bartlett, D. (2002). Ethics in journalism and Cheryl Kernot: A colloquium. Australian Studies in Journalism, 10-11, 33-57.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_gsmc/13