THE FUTURE OF ETHICAL JOURNALISM
The conference is sponsored through a generous gift from
the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday May 1, 2009
Location <http://conferencing.uwex.edu/index.cfm>Pyle Center 3rd
Floor Lakeside, 702 Langdon Street, Madison WI
Registration 8:30 am Coffee, tea, juice, fruit and pastries available
Welcome 8:45 am Dr. Stephen J.A. Ward
SESSION I 9:00 am - 10:25 am
Surviving the Media Carnage: Pathways to Good Journalism
The future of journalism is being debated amid the decline of
traditional economic models and a media revolution. In tough times,
can journalism afford ethics? What are the pathways to the future?
Are there new models for doing good public-interest journalism and
in maintaining ethical standards?
Moderator:
Lew Friedland, Professor, UW School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Panelists:
Kathy Bissen, director of production, Wisconsin Public Television
Ellen Foley, former editor, Wisconsin State Journal
Phil Rosenthal, media columnist, Chicago Tribune
Jon Sawyer, executive director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Coffee break 10:30 - 10:40
SESSION 2 10:45 am - 11:55 am
Ethical Situationals: Tough Calls in the Newsroom
Senior journalists and editors present the toughest ethical issues
they face today in the newsroom, and how they have responded to
specific cases and situations. This is an interactive session where
the editors present ethical situations and ask the audience how they
would respond.
Moderator:
Lee Wilkins, Curators' Teaching Professor, Missouri School of Journalism
Panelists:
Scott J. Anderson, former senior political producer, CNN.com
Martin Kaiser, editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Glen Mabie, former news director, WEAU-TV
Owen Ullmann, deputy director/news, USA Today
Lunch 12:00 - 1:00 pm
One hour free time for lunch. Information on nearby restaurants
will be provided.
SESSION 3 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Media Accountability: A Dialogue with the Public Editor of the New York Times
Clark Hoyt, public editor of the New York Times, discusses his role
as public editor and his assessment of journalism ethics today with
conference attendees.
Introduction: Sharon Dunwoody, Evjue-Bascom Professor, UW School of
Journalism & Mass Communication
SESSION 4 2:05 pm - 3:10 pm
The Future of Investigative journalism
Prominent investigative journalists discuss the future of their
craft and consider new models for funding and doing investigative
journalism, such as not-for-profit foundations.
Moderator: George Stanley, managing editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Panelists:
Robert Cribb, investigative reporter, Toronto Star
Andy Hall, executive director,
<http://www.wisconsinwatch.org>Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative Journalism, University
of Illinois
Kate Parry, assistant managing editor Enterprise/Investigations,
Star-Tribune, Minneapolis
Coffee Break 3:15 - 3:30 pm
SESSION 5 3:35 pm - 4:45 pm
New Media, Ethics and Democratic Journalism
Does online journalism have an ethics, or should it have an ethics?
If it has an ethics, what is it? Must there be a tension between
traditional and new media journalism? How can the potential of new
media and communication technology be used responsibly to enhance
democratic journalism? A panel of journalists and media scholars
debate the prospects and the practice of new media journalism.
Moderator: Sue Robinson, Assistant Professor, UW-Madison School of
Journalism & Mass Communication
Panelists:
Ira Basen, producer, CBC Radio
Katy Culver, faculty, UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Peter Kafka, senior editor, AllThingsDigital
Jeff Mayers, president, <http://www.wispolitics.com>wispolitics.com
Dhavan Shah, Maier-Bascom Professor, UW-Madison School of Journalism
& Mass Communication
CONCLUSION 4:45 - 5:00 pm
End-of-conference reflections, final comments and thanks
