Sunday, April 26, 2009

Wausau | Is this the future of ethical journalism?

I wish I could attend this sold-out conference on Friday at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It couldn't be more timely, given the unfolding journalism ethics disaster at the Wausau Daily Herald:

Join leading journalists, scholars, and media experts to explore the future of ethical journalism in the public interest. Is ethics possible in a time of economic cutbacks and uncertainty? What ethical norms should guide journalism amid a media revolution?

Speakers will include:
  • Clark Hoyt, public editor, The New York Times
  • Owen Ullmann, deputy managing editor/news, USA Today
  • Stephen J.A. Ward, James E. Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics, UW-Madison
Sessions will discuss new economic models for good journalism, the future of investigative journalism, public editors and media accountability, professional and citizen journalists, and the ethics of new media.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/26/2009 11:04 AM

    What about the ethics of someone who creates numbers and posts them in a bid to make a false argument?

    I guess outright stupidity is different from being unethical. Right, Jim?

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  2. Anonymous4/26/2009 11:16 AM

    11:04 a.m. you're all over the place on this blog and I must ask, what is your problem? Have you never made a mistake? Are/were you a reporter? The reporters at my site make way too many mistakes in their copy, but we always print corrections. We've had spelling and factual mistakes in ads, too.
    But it sounds like in your perfect world you have never made a mistake, is that correct?

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