How do organizations worldwide shape social media policies? What ethics should prevail for live-blogging/Tweeting? CJE director Stephen Ward travels to Canada for a panel on current ethical dilemmas in the digital environment. Continue reading
A look back at our 2012 conference Continue reading
In an age of partisan journalism and ‘combat’ politics, is the idea of media helping citizens make informed electoral choices a quaint but outdated notion? Is the ideal of democratic journalism – a journalism that promotes deliberative democracy through accurate reporting and informed analysis — just a reassuring myth?
The fourth journalism ethics conference, to be staged by the Center for Journalism Ethics (CJE) at the beautiful, new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, examines political campaigning and electoral reporting today, and considers its impact on democracy. Continue reading
Most scholars, media professionals, and journalists agree that globalization has been responsible for major transformations in the structures of media production and reception. As media worlds get rearranged, it becomes necessary to focus on the ethical principles that underlie media practices and content around the world. The Global Media Ethics Project (GME) Continue reading
Download Shadid’s riveting lecture, “The Truths We Tell: Reporting on Faith, War and the Fate of Iraq,” the inaugural issue in CJE’s new publication series. Continue reading
We are thrilled to announce the nomination call for our third Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics award, to be presented at CJE’s conference on April 13, 2012. The Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award honors journalists in Wisconsin who have exhibited a strong commitment to responsible journalism in the public interest through their editorial decisions, their journalistic practice, and their stories.
The Center for Journalism Ethics introduces its first edition of the Media Ethics on the Digital Frontier online publication series. The series seeks to stimulate public debate on the most important ethical issues confronting media and journalism today. Continue reading
