Coverage of the 2015 Ethics Conference can be found here, where you can find updated coverage of panel discussions, keynote addresses, and different breakout sessions hosted at the conference. Three Chicago Tribune reporters and a photographer are …
Month: March 2015
Legendary sports journalist Robert Lipsyte to keynote our 2015 conference
Coverage of Lipsyte’s keynote address and other panel discussions and breakout sessions from the conference can be found here. The keynote speaker for our upcoming conference, Robert Lipsyte, has had a career that most could only …
Sports marketing deal between USA Today and IndyCar raises ethical issues
The USA Today Sports Media Group and the IndyCar Series have entered into a deal that appears to combine news coverage and advertising that some observer find ethically disconcerting, according to a report in the …
Beyond Self-Regulation: Creating a National Coalition
How does a society deal with what it considers to be unethical use of the freedom to publish? Dictators imprison journalists. Democracies use a mix of legal and non-legal mechanisms, from libel laws to press …
Finalists for the 2015 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics announced
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has named five finalists for the 2015 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. Fox 31 Denver for the decisions it made about including specific cases …
Western Illinois University student suspension dropped following First Amendment rights dispute
The publication of footage depicting police using pepper spray on students at a campus protest originally landed a Western Illinois University student in hot water with the university’s administration recently, according to attorneys representing the …