The ethics of publishing private correspondence: “Media ethics aren’t just for the media anymore.”
Join us Friday April 5 for our 5th annual ethics conference: “Who is Shaping the News?”
Save the date! Our 5th journalism ethics conference will be Friday, April 5, 2013 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in Madison, Wisconsin. It will be our biggest conference yet. This year, a distinguished and dynamic group of journalists and scholars will explore “Who is Shaping the News? Academics, Corporations, Critics.”
Award-winning investigative reporter Lowell Bergman will deliver our keynote speech, and we will present this year’s Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. Panelists include CBC producer Ira Basen, CNBC senior correspondent Scott Cohn, CJE’s Katy Culver, Andy Hall of WisconsinWatch, media scholar Lew Friedland, Lorie Hearn of Investigative Newssource, investigative journalist Brant Houston, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jan Schaffer, journalist and scholar Lee Wilkins,
Prof. Ward edits new book on global ethics
On March 18, Wiley-Blackwell will release “the first full-length, truly global textbook on media ethics,” edited by Stephen J.A. Ward. Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives brings together scholars from diverse backgrounds and cultures, who offer real-world insight into the unique challenge of fostering responsible journalism in a changing media world.
Forum in Libya deliberates media ethics
After revolution that ousted Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, forum works to create very first “Code of Ethics for Journalists in the Maghreb Region”
Pakistan press council partners with NGO on women’s rights
Press Council of Pakistan & Women’s Empowerment Group join forces to promote media ethics on human rights, particularly women rights
Thought-provoking roundup of journalism ethics news
“Paywalls, Profits And Pageview Journalism” — Here’s one of many reflections on j-ethics in 2012
Breaking Down the Wall
Once upon a time, running a newspaper was a fairly simple proposition.
I’m not talking about those golden days before the Web destroyed newspapers’ carefully crafted business model, although in retrospect, those decades of double-digit profit margins and a near monopoly of news in local markets do seem pretty sweet.
Reporters criticized for interviewing children after school tragedy
Stephen Ward: Breaking news no excuse for abandoning the ethical principle of minimizing harm
Friday, April 5 – save the date for our 2013 conference!
The center will hold its 5th annual journalism ethics conference on Friday, April 5, 2013 on the UW-Madison campus. This year we’ll take an in-depth look at “Who is Shaping the News?” Our keynote speaker will …
Of Vultures and Watchdogs
Nelson Mandela is a national treasure for South Africans. Our government recently issued new banknotes with Mandela’s face on it, a daily reminder of the social, cultural and political capital that the country’s first democratic president created. Mandela is also globally admired. So it’s understandable