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Building reader trust with enhanced reporter bios: A Q&A with editor Edmund Lee
By Sophia Vento Edmund Lee, an assistant editor on the New York Times Trust Team, recently helped launch a new initiative to boost trust with audiences by spotlighting journalism ethics issues in reporters’ author pages. …
The dire need for systems-level stories about U.S. foster care: a Q&A with journalist Roxanna Asgarian
We spoke with Roxanna Asgarian about the ethical challenges of reporting on the U.S. child welfare system.
“Safe reporting saves lives”: reporting on suicide still has room to grow
The movement to report responsibly on suicide has increased attention to media’s impact on the issue. But there is still room to grow.
Announcing our spring conference, “Ethics, Urgency & Climate Journalism”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Center for Journalism Ethics hosting its spring conference, “Ethics, Urgency & Climate Journalism,” with support from craig newmark philanthropies and the Evjue Foundation Madison, Wisconsin – The Center for Journalism Ethics …
Can journalists depolarize local news coverage?
Now more than ever, journalists face unintended consequences for their seemingly neutral stories.
Recently retired NBC News reporter Pete Williams talked ethics and covering the Supreme Court
On December 7, award winning journalist and retired NBC News correspondent Pete Williams sat down with UW–Madison Center for Journalism Ethics Director Kathleen Bartzen Culver to discuss his path into journalism and the ethics of …
Lack of industry guidance on ‘unpublishing’ practices leaves student journalists in the dark
A lawyer who demanded we unpublish a crime story about his client’s criminal history. A former writer, now on the job hunt, who wanted opinion pieces they wrote over a decade ago removed. A student …
The journalist’s duty to educate: NBC News’ Pete Williams on covering the U.S. Supreme Court
In advance of his visit to Madison, we spoke with Pete Williams about his career and the future of covering the U.S. Supreme Court.
How journalists can better sound the alarm on climate change
A Q&A on climate change coverage w/ Oxford Climate Journalism Network co-founder Wolfgang Blau Wolfgang Blau, the co-founder of Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN), started his career as a radio news presenter and news editor in …