See us in L.A. in June!

The Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop web site and archives will be featured at the New Media Consortium Summer Conference June 9-12 in Anaheim, Calif. During an interactive session titled “Wired and Wireless: Linking Conference Speakers and Learners Online,” Workshop planners will demonstrate how our event Web site and social media connect high-profile speakers, high-impact topics and result in highly engaged learners. The Media Ethics Workshop presentation will demonstrate how to use technology to bring a national event home. The New Media Consortium is an international not-for-profit collection of learning-focused organizations dedicated to the use of new media technologies. More...

Once is Enough for Shocking Video

Video footage of the luge practice run in which Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed led many news reports as the Vancouver Olympics were about to get under way.
The footage of Kumaritashvili’s forceful accident is blurry but the speed and impact of the crash are apparent and it’s easy to conjure the horror. Because viewers can imagine the gruesome details and the fatal outcome was known, journalists and viewers are rightly asking why the video was shown repeatedly in the hours and days immediately after the accident. (NOTE: By Feb. 14, two days after Kumaritashvili’s death, NBC News President Steve Capus had ordered that the luge video not be shown without his permission. The video is still available online.)More...

Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop ’09: “What Values?”

With more and more people getting some or all of their news online, the question of journalism values becomes more acute. From traditional media Web sites to company and advocacy sites to blogs, microblogs and social networking sites, information is readily available. But, the authenticity of online content and the veracity of information distributed online are inconsistent... More...