Law, Ethics & News Literacy.

In a world where journalistic integrity is constantly questioned, our program strives to cover pertinent content in an informative and thoughtful way. We aim to write the story, not be the story. We write articles not because they are controversial, but because they are relevant to our community. As ReMarker Online was released, I stressed to our staff it was more important than ever to follow our rules.

It all starts with J1.

Our beginning journalism class taught us about the expectations a journalist is upheld to, instances when rules about integrity were broken and how to always be fair when covering controversial topics. Shattered Glass also became one of my favorite movies of all time — showing me everything not to do as a journalist.

  • The 10 rules of journalism

  • Staying ethical when you write

  • The Zenger Trial

  • The infamous rule-breakers

Rules to live by.

The ReMarker has a strong set of rules and policies covering our expectations and what happens if they are broken.

  • Showing sources stories

  • When rules are broken

  • Clarifying perspective

  • When we mess up

Abiding by our community’s expectations.

Being a journalist at St. Mark’s is a privilege. Our administration gives us the liberty to write about whatever we want, however we want to write about it. No topic is off-limits, and we have covered some very controversial topics over the years. But we don’t cover stories to be controversial. We cover them to make an impact on our community.

As smremarker.com started, I stressed to our staff it was important to keep our standards. We don’t put a story on the website because it will get more clicks than others. We don't sacrifice good content for silly additions that will draw in more readers. The readers will come when we produce good journalism. I am usually known as a light-hearted person around the journalism suite, but not when it comes to this. And deadlines.