By Ava Menkes Carmel Delshad, a Palestinian-Egyptian-American, grew up in Florida after Sept. 11, 2001, feeling alienated by classmates who looked to her as an expert during discussions of the attack. “I was very …
Balancing truth and trauma, media ethics in school shooting coverage continue to evolve
By Cat Carroll Over two decades after the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, survivor Amy Over decided to share her story of what happened. She agreed to host the podcast series …
Reporting on Arabic in English? Translate and contextualize.
By Kaitlyn Hashem During the last 14 months, a period straddling two academic years, college students across the country have adopted intifada as a slogan in their protests against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. …
“Journalism is a flame”: Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko navigates attacks on press freedom, reporting from exile
By Cat Carroll Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has cracked down on news and free speech, blocking access to online social media websites and major foreign news outlets. The move …
POLITICO columnist Jonathan Martin talks 2024 election and media ethics at UW–Madison
By Sophia Scolman POLITICO Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist Jonathan Martin came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Tuesday for a discussion titled “Under Pressure: Covering Election 2024” moderated by Marquette University Law …
Citizen journalism can expand news coverage and fill gaps in perspective
By Andrew Conte Andrew Conte, Ph.D., founded the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. His work focuses on community-engaged approaches to the challenges facing journalism, including the Citizen Reporting Academy, …
Fact-checking, trust and Election 2024: A Q&A with Professor Lucas Graves
By: Ava Menkes The work of fact-checkers is complicated but integral to the functioning of the democracy. A study done by Harvard Kennedy School examined Snopes, PolitiFact, Logically and the Australian Associated Press …
POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin to discuss journalism ethics and covering Election 2024
The Center for Journalism Ethics will host a public event – “Under Pressure: Covering Election 2024” – at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Memorial Union Play Circle on the UW–Madison campus. In …
How news media can prevent contributing to weight stigma
By Jane Houseal “If everyone in the U.S. saw half as many headlines about the obesity epidemic as they see now, the world would be a much better place.” Note on language: In …
When all social media platforms look like TikTok: A Q+A with Professor Mobina Hashmi
By JD Duncan TikTok has become the newsroom. Forty-three percent of TikTok users reported getting news from the app in 2023, almost double the amount that did so in 2020 according to the Pew Research Center. …