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Be accountable, be transparent – with your data too; A Q&A with Rodrigo Zamith
Journalists incorporate data into their reporting for good reason: numbers tell us important, odd and interesting things about ourselves. Hidden within raw data are insights about our patterns, problems and trends, such as the …
Avoiding the horse race: a resource guide for ethical election coverage
By Isaac Alter The 2020 presidential primary will not officially begin for another ten months. And yet campaigning, and media coverage about that campaigning, are already well underway. A large field of Democratic candidates …
“Perversion of Justice” wins 2019 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics
“Perversion of Justice” by Julie K. Brown and Emily Michot of the Miami Herald has won the 2019 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics from the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
Changes in HR: What #MeToo means for news organizations
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 …
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 …