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thescoopFaculty BookshelfComplex case studies based onethical problems such as thenaming of rape victims and giftpolicies for journalists form thestarting point for discussion inMaking Hard Choices in JournalismEthics: Cases and Practice, by associateprofessor David Boeyinkand Sandra L. Borden, PhD’97,a professor at Western MichiganUniversity (Routledge, 2010).While many ethics books use a top-down methodology,Making Hard Choices takes a bottom-up approach, layingout problems first and theory second. Boeyink said heand Borden liken the text’s methodology to “CSI for journalists.”Readers first learn to case the scene for relevantdetails and facts, then classify the case, compare the casewith similar cases, develop provisional guidelines to helpin similar cases, and finally link the case and guidelines toethical norms relevant to the case.— Jessical BirthiselOn the surface, Tom French’sZoo Story is a chronicle of thelives of a cast of animal charactersat Tampa’s Lowry ParkZoo, including an alpha chimpwith a weakness for blondesand a ferocious tiger who lovesObsession perfume. But there’smore to their stories than meetsthe eye. During his six yearsresearching the book, whichinitially appeared as a seriesin The St. Petersburg Times, French uncovered the battlebetween opposing human forces who fought over the fateof the zoo and its animals — the conservationists whobelieved in the zoo’s mission of saving endangered speciesand the animal rights activists who would see the zooclose to spare the creatures from captivity. Pulitzer PrizewinnerFrench, BA’81, the visiting Riley Endowed Chair inJournalism at IU, traveled to Africa and Latin America toresearch the book, which has appeared on the New YorkTimes best seller list.Calendar of EventsTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4Thomas L. Friedman7 p.m., IU AuditoriumThree-time Pulitzer Prize-winnerThomas L. Friedman has reported onglobal trade, the Mideast and theenvironment in his books and in hiscolumns for The New York Times.His books include the award-winningbest-sellers Hot, Flat and Crowded:Why We Need a Green Revolutionand How It Can Renew America (andthe most recent “2.0” version) and The World is Flat: A BriefHistory of the Twenty-first Century. Friedman’s appearance ispart of Themester and is cosponsored by journalism and sixother campus units.Stay up to date via e-mailfor more information on upcoming events, look for thenew school of journalism e-newsletter, This Just In …If you’d like to be included in our e-newslettermailing list, visit alumni.iu.edu and click “Update yourprofile,” or call (800) 824-3044.spring fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 3 >