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Stephen J. A. Ward has been awarded the 2016 Tankard Book Award for his book Radical Media Ethics: A Global Approach. The award recognizes the best academic book in journalism and mass communication each year. Ward founded the Center for Journalism Ethics in 2008 and served as the first James E. Burgess Chair of Journalism Ethics in the School ...
As I take the reins as director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, I’m finding great meaning in assuming this role during graduation season at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I look at the young people leaving our program and heading out into the world, and I’m optimistic about the future of journalism and the ethical ...
With Robert Drechsel’s retirement after three years as the director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, Kathleen Culver will take the helm. To read more about the transition, read Friday’s announcement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s announcement. ...
The enslaved men interviewed wanted so badly to let their families know they were alive that they wanted reporters to use their names and faces. But, the reporters knew their sources could be killed for talking. This dilemma soon became how to best tell the story of slavery without endangering their sources. “We had to ...
All photos by Jentri Colello. ...
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a writer for New York Times Magazine, said it is ethically imperative that re-segregation of America schools should be on the radar of every education reporter in America. “The ethical implication is an ethical failure,” Hannah-Jones said. “I don’t understand how one can write about education and not write about these racial issues.” ...
To find the live stream, choose the current panel from the schedule below. 8:50 Opening remarks 9 Keynote address (not available for live streaming) Nikole Hannah-Jones New York Times Magazine 10 Panel — Representing Race: Language, Imagery, Sources and Issues for Journalists Sue Robinson, moderator UW-Madison SJMC Henry Sanders Madison365 Patty Loew UW-Madison Life Sciences Communication ...
The program book for Friday’s conference Race, Ethnicity and Journalism Ethics is available for preview. Inside you’ll find the day’s schedule, speaker biographies, and sponsor information. Check out the program before you come to Union South or use it to follow along from home while you watch our live stream of the panels. ...
Journalists from two reporting teams who earned Pulitzer Prizes Monday will participate in the Center for Journalism Ethics conference April 29. The conference – Race, Ethnicity and Journalism Ethics – will explore critical questions surrounding how journalists reflect and represent racial diversity through news coverage. One important intersection between news and race involves coverage of ...
While diversifying the newsroom, or hiring more journalists of color, is a frequently suggested remedy and a positive first step to better coverage of race and ethnicity issues by mainstream journalists, Sue Robinson said it is not enough. Robinson, a former journalist and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, studies media discourse around race and ethnicity, especially ...
Kathleen Culver
Director
Lindsay Palmer
Associated Faculty
Megan Duncan
Project Assistant
