UW Center for Journalism Ethics
We encourage the highest standards in journalism by fostering vigorous debate, providing resources to journalists
and news consumers, and honoring the best in ethical journalistic practice.
Events
REPORTING ON IMMIGRATION IN TIMES OF CRISIS: WISCONSIN AND BEYOND
Tuesday, March 3, 6:30-8:00 pm; Memorial Union Play Circle, UW–Madison campus
Join the UW Center for Journalism Ethics and the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies program in hearing from 2026 journalist-in-residence Melissa Sanchez, immigration and labor reporter at ProPublica, about her work covering Wisconsin dairy farms, ICE activity in Chicago and more. Wisconsin Watch reporter and Center board member Natalie Yahr will interview Sanchez for this event, which is free and open to the public.
News
Ethics lessons from a rock historian
A rock and roll podcast is an ongoing lesson in journalism ethics.
In memoriam: Carol Toussaint ‘51, board member and friend
Carol Toussaint, a founding board member for the UW Center for Journalism Ethics and an unparalleled force for good, died in November 2025. We are grateful to have been one of many organizations that Carol supported with her considerable energy, wisdom and resolve.
As AI changes the media landscape, how can local news keep pace?
While larger, national news organizations are welcoming the idea of what AI can do for their business, many local news organizations find themselves playing catch-up. How can local newsrooms, operating with limited resources and often without guidelines, implement AI tools ethically and effectively?
Ethical labor, broken institutions: Journalism amid financialization
There’s the familiar story about the decline of local news: the internet arrived, audiences left and newspapers slowly faded. But Margot Susca’s book reveals a far more unsettling reality — local newspapers were hollowed out long before digital disruption fully arrived.