[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”8210″ style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] “The new year demands extraordinary newsroom management skills andstrategies as an unorthodox, media-bashing president takes office. The Trump administration will challenge norms of engagement with both the public and the …
Religion, politics and Trump’s inauguration
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In exploring the political fractures of the United States at the moment of Donald Trump’s inauguration, one of the challenges for journalists is to understand the religious fractures that are part of today’s divisions. Understanding …
Duty of care: Newsrooms must address psychological trauma
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As 2016 draws to a close, organizations like the Committee to Protect Journalists are preparing their final tallies of the number of journalists killed over the past year. The CPJ has provided systematic data on …
Recap: Ethics and Election 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More than 170 people joined us at the Overture Center on Dec. 8, 2016 to discuss journalism ethics and the 2016 election with The Atlantic’s Molly Ball, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Craig Gilbert and UW-Madison School of …
Three duties in a time of Trump
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the turmoil of a Trump election victory, and the dawn of a robust right-wing American government, it is time to do journalism ethics with utmost seriousness. Journalism ethics is not a set of formal …
NPR’s experiment with live fact-checking
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It took a team of about 30 NPR reporters and editors to annotate live transcripts of the 2016 presidential debates, according to Amita Kelly, a reporter on NPR’s politics team. The roster included journalists from politics, …
Q & A with Chris Wells: Trump as a Media Mastermind
Chris Wells is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His latest work, published in Political Communication, examines the many strategies Donald Trump used to generate news coverage. …
Superficial “connections” in VR journalism
Superficial “connections” in VR journalism
Don’t look to flash polls to determine a debate winner
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8368″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.flickr.com/photos/billy3001/29700252374/in/photolist-MfvyhN-NdaZc2-N5Bhiv-N5BgHx-Mfvr3h-N5Bg22-MKYTC9-Mfvqt1-M883Yd-M7BMVz-M75nDw-MWdepD-M75nbh-M79qFz-MWdcbF-LRHWnU-MmFkB7-MAXv2e-MJk1Jv-MAXri2-MAXaAR-Myh5wJ-LLXeT8-LLXcc6-MfHZGs-LKdPaS-LJnvFR-MvGtX1-LHi7xG-MtfZew-LFCdDd-MCTsme-Mzo2tq-KsRYdg-KWZJvv-Ksfjyf-KTnGpa-KTnFfg-KTnDWV-JWNgLb-KsfeJf-KJ556J-JWNb87-Ksf7JJ-Ksf4wG-JX2jhB-KTnnwF-KQzd7U-JWN4jN-KQza8Y”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hours after the first presidential debate of 2016 concluded, Republican nominee Donald Trump took to Twitter to proclaim his victory. “Thank You! Four new #DebateNight Polls with the …
On Haiti and the ethics of disaster
Why you should stop encouraging news consumers to blindly donate to Haiti relief Last week I messaged a source of mine in Haiti near Port-au-Prince to ask how he’s weathering the storm that hurricane Matthew has …