The deadly campus shooting Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, that left 10 dead and others injured conjured up familiar ethics debates about reporting in post-tragedy environments. Notably, conversation circulated around the naming …
Why we need a radical new framework for media ethics
In “Radical Media Ethics: A Global Approach” I declare that the only way to rescue media ethics from sinking into oblivion is to think radically. Let me explain. We need to rethink the basis of …
Ethics in the News
Brian Williams started Monday at an anchor desk at MSNBC. It’s his first on-camera job since his suspension and later removal from the NBC evening news desk for ethical violations. Williams’ return has been mostly …
Charlie Hebdo Controversy Raises Ethical Questions on a Global Scale
The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is notorious for causing controversy. Long before the January 2015 attack on the publication’s journalists, cartoonists were raising eyebrows with images that some people found to be distasteful at …
Sensationalism or a Call to Action: Covering the Syrian Refugee Crisis
I met a Syrian refugee this June. Sitting across from me in a crowded Beirut café, the young man told me how he’d escaped from Syria and started working as a news fixer in Lebanon—arranging …
Getting Bruce Jenner Right
I grew up with Bruce Jenner in my cabinet. Just 10 when he became known to many as the “greatest athlete in the world,” I knew him as the face and the form on my …
Videos of sessions, award presentations and the keynote from Conference 2015 are now posted
For those unable to attend or watch live online, we have now posted videos and social media summaries from Fair or Foul: Ethics and Sports Journalism, our seventh annual conference on journalism ethics. Complete archives for the 2015 …
Protecting freelancers: A Conversation with Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists
When I first heard that the Committee to Protect Journalists had introduced a new set of standards on the protection of freelancers, I was skeptical. Would any of the major news organizations publicly embrace these …
Kluwe brings player perspective to this year’s ethics conference
Coverage of the 2015 Ethics Conference can be found here, where you can find updated coverage of panel discussions, keynote addresses, and different breakout sessions hosted at the conference. Chris Kluwe will bring an athlete’s perspective to Fair …
2015 Shadid Ethics Award honors Chicago Tribune staff
Coverage of the 2015 Ethics Conference can be found here, where you can find updated coverage of panel discussions, keynote addresses, and different breakout sessions hosted at the conference. Three Chicago Tribune reporters and a photographer are …