{"id":1095,"date":"2014-09-18T16:04:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T21:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2014-09-18T16:04:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T21:04:04","slug":"ethics-in-the-media-spjs-new-code-of-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/index.php\/ethics-in-the-media-spjs-new-code-of-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics in the Media \u2013 SPJ&#8217;S New Code of Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1100\" src=\"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"SPJPic\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SPJPic.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will join the student chapter at Ohio State University\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_761082153\">Thursday, Oct. 2<\/span>, to host a\u00a0<strong>free\u00a0<\/strong>discussion about Ethics in the Media and SPJ\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spj.org\/ethicscode.asp\">Code of Ethics<\/a>, featuring Kevin Z. 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