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; certainly they do not match the caliber of what was offered by professional journalists and mainstream media just a few years ago.
Doug Opling, managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal contributes to the conversation at the 2009 Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop
The fifth annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop (Sept. 17, 2009) looked critically at online journalism ethics. Participants heard from Josh Marshall, editor and publisher of Talking Points Memo.com; Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, founder and editor of TehranBureau.com; and Dan Gillmor, professor and author of “We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People.” Ethics faculty members from The Poynter Institute interviewed these online innovators and facilitated debate among speakers, live audience members and participants who joined the Workshop via live stream or Twitter.
The 2009 Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop gets underway
A session packed with practical advice was titled “When the News Finds You on Social Networks.” Speakers included Steve Fox of the Online News Association; Ed Esposito of WAKR radio in Akron; Eric Mansfield of WKYC-TV in Cleveland and Denise Polverine, editor of cleveland.com, who talked about finding the balance of speed, completeness and accuracy in the age of Twitter and Facebook. Drew Curtis of Fark.com and Alan Miller of The Columbus Dispatch wrapped up the workshop discussing “The Nitty Gritty Beyond Traditional Journalism.”
The 2009 Workshop, like the Workshop the year before, focused entirely on online ethics in a marketplace exploding with information options. For more information about the 2009 “What Values?” Media Ethics Workshop, including complete archives and video highlights Click HERE .
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