On Friday, April 29, 2022, Sewell Chan, editor in chief at The Texas Tribune, provided the keynote address for our 13th annual journalism ethics conference, “Centering Equity: Journalism, Ethics & A Just Future.” What follows …
Because the stakes are so high: a Q&A with Gavin Rees on the Dart Center’s guidelines for covering sexual violence in conflict zones
In May 2021, the Dart Center released new guidelines on covering sexual violence in conflict zones, with the goal of filling a critical gap in journalistic training: how to enter a conflict zone and create accurate …
Redefining engagement: How newsrooms can pair quantitative and qualitative data to better serve their communities
When Ryan Thomas, an associate professor of journalism studies at the University of Missouri, asked a room full of digital news editors what it means for a story to “do well,” few gave him the answer he …
Washington Post report on child sex trafficking wins 2022 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics
May 17 award ceremony to feature moderated conversation with NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt Jessica Contrera, a reporter at The Washington Post, has won the 2022 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics from the …
Announcing, “Centering Equity: Journalism, Ethics and a Just Future”
The conference is free, open to the public and made possible by generous sponsorships from craig newmark philanthropies and the Evjue Foundation.
Healthy journalist, healthy journalism: How newsrooms can prevent burnout
In an era of COVID-19, low pay and angry internet trolls, reporters are arguably more stressed than ever. Employers, including newsroom leaders, have an ethical obligation to support their employees’ well-being and mental health.
How conventional narratives on crime and incarceration further harm and what journalists can do to change their reporting on America’s legal system
Reports of policy brutality, judicial misconduct and more have placed America’s legal institutions and mass incarceration under a microscope. Is it time for journalism to ask tough questions about the way it reports on this system?
Remembering James Burgess, tireless advocate for journalism
Burgess was the driving force behind the creation of the School’s Center for Journalism Ethics and a tireless advocate for integrity in newsgathering and dissemination.
Reporting on judicial misconduct: how reporters can penetrate an opaque system
When judicial misconduct happens, it can fracture the foundation of a functional judiciary while being very hard for reporters and the public to see.
Who will help? Local reporters are especially vulnerable to gender-based harassment
For local journalists and broadcasters, harassment in the form of sexist attacks or inappropriate and invasive comments are often coming from a disconcerting place, their own communities.