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 …
Legendary sports journalist Robert Lipsyte to keynote our 2015 conference
Coverage of Lipsyte’s keynote address and other panel discussions and breakout sessions from the conference can be found here. The keynote speaker for our upcoming conference, Robert Lipsyte, has had a career that most could only …
Sports marketing deal between USA Today and IndyCar raises ethical issues
The USA Today Sports Media Group and the IndyCar Series have entered into a deal that appears to combine news coverage and advertising that some observer find ethically disconcerting, according to a report in the …
Beyond Self-Regulation: Creating a National Coalition
How does a society deal with what it considers to be unethical use of the freedom to publish? Dictators imprison journalists. Democracies use a mix of legal and non-legal mechanisms, from libel laws to press …