Media watchdog groups are pressing for US investigations into newspaper phone-hacking allegations.
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The Future of News Over Noise
As chief of strategy for Al Jazeera in the Americas, Tony Burman holds a unique perspective on partisanship in American media. He delivered a riveting keynote speech at CJE’s 2011 conference, taking broadcast media to task for being an echo chamber for conflict and division.
Assessing media partisanship at CJE’s third conference
The Center’s third conference on April 15 was timely and thought-provoking. We are so grateful to our sponsors for making the gathering possible, and to our excellent panelists and moderators for taking time out of their schedules. Video of the sessions is available now
Who’s paying for your news?
More and more news content is being produced by nonprofit organizations, which often provide content free of charge to other media. But who is funding these nonprofits, and does it matter whether their donors are anonymous?
Prof. Ward wins UW “Outreach Excellence” award
The Wisconsin Alumni Association has selected Stephen Ward, director for the Center for Journalism Ethics and a distinguished professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the 2011 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award.
The Fall and Rise of Partisan Journalism
You don’t need to have a degree in history — or even to have paid much attention when you suffered the US history survey course as an undergraduate — to know that American newspapers were very partisan in the 19th century. “Editors,” wrote one historian, “unabashedly shaped the news and their editorial comment to partisan purposes.
Polling the People: Shortcomings of the Press
Wisconsin just went through a Supreme Court election with a historically high voter turnout rate, but there weren’t any polls in the run-up to election day. In fact, statewide polls in general are lacking, according …
Dan Flannery wins Ethics Award
The Center honored newsman Dan Flannery, executive editor of the Post Crescent in Appleton, Wis., with the Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award on Friday, April 15.
Journalists discuss ethics, income, advertising
All Manipuri Working Journalists’ Union holds daylong ethics workshop
Cute baby video, or invasion of privacy?
YouTube video of laughing baby goes viral – and raises ethical quandary