2009 Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop

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What Values? form the basis of online journalism today?
What Values? underlie media ethics on the Web?
What Values? inspire innovative news operations on the Internet?

Dynamic media professionals will address these and other hot topics during “What Values?,” the 5^th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop in September.

This year’s daylong training program builds on the success of our previous Workshops, providing thoughtful discussion and practical advice for journalists working online as well as in print, broadcast, photography and elsewhere. Participants will hear from Josh Marshall, editor and publisher of Talking Points Memo; Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, founder and editor of TehranBureau.com, and Dan Gillmor, author of “We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People,” a book that explains the rise of citizens’ media and why it matters.

Ethics faculty members from The Poynter Institute will interview these online innovators individually during the Workshop’s morning session.

For the afternoon, Poynter’s Kelly McBride, Bob Steele and Ellyn Angelotti will facilitate panel discussions on topics such as Building Local Communities, the Power and Danger of the Crowd, How to Find News Among All the Noise Online and Do’s and Don’ts of Using Social Networking in Reporting.

This year’s Workshop will be “wired and wireless,” meaning some speakers will join us virtually and some will be in Franklin Hall in person. The Poynter Institute, Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Kent’s Media Law Center for Ethics and Access together produce the annual Ethics Workshop with support from local media. The Online News Association is our program partner.

This year’s “What Values?” theme further develops last year’s focus, which was “Whose Rules?” Both programs focus entirely on online media ethics.

The program takes place Sept. 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Franklin Hall’s First Energy Interactive Auditorium, which offers live video streaming, televised recordings of the proceedings, live blogging and cyber-links for distant guests. In recognition of the difficult economy, this conference minimizes costs and takes advantage of new technology. Guests may join us in person or watch and interact via any computer with an Internet connection.

The Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop promises another lively, engaging program that will stimulate the industry and spur debate. For more information or to become a sponsor, contact Assistant Professor Jan Leach at jleach1@kent.edu or call 330-672-4289.

REGISTRATION:

To register for the Workshop, contact Darlene Contrucci at dcontruc@kent.edu or call 330-672-2623.

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SPEAKERS:

Dan Gillmor – Dan Gillmor is director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship and Kauffman Professor of Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication. The project aims to help students invent their own jobs. Dan is also director of the Center for Citizen Media, a project to enhance and expand grassroots media and its reach. The center is an affiliate of ASU and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He is author of “We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People” (O’Reilly Media, 2004), a book that explains the rise of citizens’ media and why it matters.

Kelly Golnoush Niknejad –  Kelly Golnoush Niknejad is the founder and Editor in Chief of TehranBureau.com, an independent online magazine about Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Niknejad is a lawyer-turned-journalist. She received an M.S. with a specialization in newspaper reporting, and an M.A. in journalism with a focus on politics, both from Columbia Journalism School. She has reported for the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune, TIME Magazine, California Lawyer and PBS/Frontline, among others. Most recently, she was a staff reporter for the new English-language newspaper The National in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Niknejad is a syndicated columnist with Agence Global and a freelance producer and consultant on Iran to ABC News.

Josh Marshall — Josh Marshall is the editor and publisher of Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, TPM Election Central and TPMCafe. He has written for numerous publications across the United States and abroad, including The American Prospect, The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, The Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Post, The New York Times, Salon and Slate. He received a George Polk Award in 2008 for reporting on the 2007 US Attorney firing scandal that led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and a Sidney Hillman award in 2006 for reporting on President Bush’s attempt to phase out Social Security.