On December 7, award winning journalist and retired NBC News correspondent Pete Williams sat down with UW–Madison Center for Journalism Ethics Director Kathleen Bartzen Culver to discuss his path into journalism and the ethics of …
Month: December 2022
Behind closed doors: NPR’s Carrie Johnson on covering the Justice Department and legal affairs
This past year, Johnson has spent a considerable amount of time covering the Jan 6. hearings, the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial and investigations of former President Donald Trump. We spoke with Johnson about her latest work and how she approaches the ethics of covering issues of law and justice.
For the media, an urgent call to improve coverage of addiction and recovery
Unethical reporting on addiction contributes to a news cycle that furthers harmful, often inaccurate and stigmatizing narratives about addiction.
Lack of industry guidance on ‘unpublishing’ practices leaves student journalists in the dark
A lawyer who demanded we unpublish a crime story about his client’s criminal history. A former writer, now on the job hunt, who wanted opinion pieces they wrote over a decade ago removed. A student …