A message from the Center’s new director, Katy Culver 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 …
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Kathleen Culver to head Center
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 …
AP team accepts Shadid award
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 …
Education and race panel addresses timely ethical issues
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 …
Join us for live web streaming during the conference
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, …
Preview program book
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 …
3 winners of 2016 Pulitzer Prizes to speak at conference
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 …
Newsroom diversification not silver-bullet solution
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 …
Less mainstream media privilege benefits race justice in crime reporting
The way people sound when they speak, chatter, and laugh may lead to discrimination, police investigation. Jennifer Stoever, a media and literature scholar at Binghamton University, called this phenomenon “sonic color-line” in a recent book. …
Conversations on representation can benefit, learn from self-representation
Patty Loew, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, said discussion about how journalism can better represent communities of color often leaves out those who are already using media forms to self-represent. “Mainstream media doesn’t always stop to …