2008 Ethics Workshop

Whose Rules?
Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008

REGISTRATION CLOSED
Join us for this daylong training session presented by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and local sponsors.

Undergraduate and graduate students from any college or university, any major may attend this conference for free through the generosity of the Knight Foundation.

REGISTRATION INCLUDES:

  • program
  • materials
  • continental breakfast
  • lunch
  • live blogging
  • free parking

TENTATIVE AGENDA (rev. 9-8-08)

8:30-9:00 First Energy Hallway Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 First Energy Auditorium — 340 Welcome
Dean Jim Gaudino and Director Jeff FruitTech info and web/Twitter sign-ins: Gary Hanson
Introductions: Jan Leach
9:15-10:30 First Energy Auditorium — 340 Main Session—Part 1/Featured Speakers The pace of journalism and media online:
Has the blogosphere ruined journalism? Examining the relationship between blogging and journalismFACILITATOR: Kelly McBridePANELISTS:

  • Jerry Ceppos
  • Susan Goldberg
  • Tory Hargro
  • Jon Talton
  • Dawn Turner Trice

DISCUSSANT: Bob Steele (via cyberlink)
10:30-10:40 First Energy Hallway Break
10:40-11:50 First Energy Auditorium — 340 Main Session – Part 2/Featured SpeakersFACILITATOR: Kelly McBridePANELISTS:

  • Henry Blodget (via cyberlink)
  • Jay Rosen
  • Robin Sloan
  • Dawn Turner Trice

DISCUSSANT: Bob Steele (via cyberlink)
11:50-1:00 First Energy Auditorium — 340 Assemble for LunchKeynote: Jay RosenIf Blogging Had No Ethics, Blogging Would Have Failed (But It Didn’t. So Let’s Get a Clue)
1:15-2:45 Plain Dealer Room Concurrent Session 1Political Blogging: Information, Innuendo, Insults and SpinFACILITATOR: Tom MerrimanMODERATOR: Fran CollinsPANELISTS:

  • Mark Naymik
  • Robin Sloan
  • Bruce Winges
1:15-2:45 First Energy 340 Concurrent Session 2Online 101: What Students Need to Know About Snark, Social Networks and Survival in CyberspaceFACILITATORS: Ellyn Angilotti & Claire ReganMODERATOR: Bill SledzikPANELISTS:

  • Bernhard Debatin
  • Tory Hargro
  • Tim Magaw
1:15-2:45 Hirsh Lab Concurrent Session 3The Future of Traditional Media in a Digital UniverseFACILITATOR: Lauren Rich FinePANELISTS:

  • Rita Andolsen
  • Jeff Gauger
  • Alan Miller
  • Jon Talton
2:45-3:00 First Energy Hallway Break
3:00-3:15 First Energy Auditorium — 340 ONA Report: A conversation with Steve FoxSPEAKERS: Steve Fox and Kelly McBride
3:15-4:00 First Energy Auditorium — 340 What have we concluded? Do we have consensus?DISCUSSANTS: Ellyn Angilotti &
Kelly McBrideINTERVIEWER: Jeff Fruit
4:00-4:15 First Energy Auditorium — 340 Keep this conversation and debate going
Sign up for our wiki-chat-discussionSPEAKERS: Jan Leach &
Kelly McBride

Special topics are planned. Don’t miss this exciting and timely conference focused entirely on online ethics and whether there should be ethics rules or policies for bloggers. This program brings together online experts and practitioners for what should be an exciting, no-holds-barred debate about this hot issue.

This year, for the first time, The Poynter Institute will issue a document from the conference. It may take the form of a “white paper” or it may be an updated set of Poynter’s Guidelines for Online Journalists.

QUESTIONS?

  • Jan Leach at 330-672-4289 or jleach1@kent.edu
  • Darlene Contrucci at 330-672-2623 or dcontruc@kent.edu.

FACILITATORS

SPEAKERS

SPONSORS

  • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  • The Poynter Institute
  • Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • The Plain Dealer
  • More sponsorships are available.