In October 2017 the New York Times published a story detailing decades of alleged abuse by film executive Harvey Weinstein. The story marked a watershed, resulting in new stories of sexual harassment and workplace …
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Should journalists be transparent about their religion?
In her years as a religion reporter, Cathy Grossman has traveled from Texas to Vatican City and covered nearly every religious group imaginable. But amid her thousands of interviews, she’s had a strict policy of never …
Training provides resources and guidance before midterm elections
Personal security, misinformation, ethical questions and data protection are all key issues facing journalists during election season. With the U.S. midterm elections a month away, the Society for Professional Journalists and Google News Initiative …
Audio: Amber Hunt and the ethics of the Aftermath podcast
Over two decades of reporting, Amber Hunt has covered a lot of crime. In that time, she’s reported on a number of shootings, the conflicts that proceeded them and the prosecutions that came after. But …
Climate change reporting is (slowly) increasing awareness
Reporting on Justin Gillis’s keynote address at the 2018 “Division, Denial & Journalism Ethics” conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In recent years, Justin Gillis, former lead writer on climate science at The New York …
Investigative journalism and infrastructure failures: A Q&A with Brant Houston
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A pedestrian bridge on Florida International University’s campus collapsed March 15, 2018, killing nine people and injuring six more. Brant Houston, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting …
A Q&A with Lindsay Palmer, author of ‘Becoming the Story’
Lindsay Palmer is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison. She focuses mostly on international news from a qualitative perspective, as well as global media ethics as part of …
Newsrooms have an ethical obligation to address the power structure of internships; Jill Geisler is bringing that front and center
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jill Geisler, the newly appointed Newseum Institute Fellow in Women’s Leadership, recently modered a program which focused on what interns, employers and educators should know and should do to maintain ensure workplace integrity. The Center …
Why we need “feminist” human rights journalism
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Editor’s note: Lindsay Palmer led Cultures in Conflict: Navigating Cultural Difference in International Human Rights Reporting conference Feb. 9 and 10, which was co-sponsored by the Center for Journalism Ethics. Information about the conference is …
Solutions to low media trust not clear
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of the researchers of a study that finds Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump have far more negative attitudes toward the press than Democrats and Trump opponents, doubts that incremental changes in news …