Ethics in the News
Stories We’re Following 03/15/2019
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Journalist Protection Act was reintroduced by Democratic lawmakers. Read here what prompted the bill to make a reappearance. Reporters facing defamation claims could be ordered to identify their sources in court. Find out here what...
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Stories We’re Following 03/01/2019
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Newsrooms in Southern California work together. Covering up crimes ended when journalists worked together. Click here to read more. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro confiscated the Univision's team interview and equipment and deported them....
read moreStories We’re Following 02/22/2019
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Four questions that can help you work through ethics issues. A Somali immigrant leaves paper to launch his own journal. He plans to write about the immigrant communities being underserved by the local media. A large group of student...
read moreStories We’re Following 01/18/2019
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — False copies of The Washington Post were distributed.The Yes Men activist group pulled this satirical stunt. Read here how the "paper" made it into the publics hands. Sinclair fired a news reporter after she was diagnosed with cancer. Should...
read moreStories We’re Following 12/07/2018
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The Columbia Journalism Review, this week, discusses how some media outlets may fall for the president's narrative on the border issues. Find out more here. Indigenous journalists are feeling the effects of attacks on the free press. Click here...
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Washington Post White House Reporter to Speak in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Josh Dawsey, White House correspondent for the Washington Post, will speak about media coverage of the White House at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 3 at the University of Arkansas’ Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House. Dawsey is the 2019 Roy Reed Lecture...
read moreCatch CNN Political Commentator Angela Rye on Campus Next Week
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In honor of Black History Month the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education and University Programs is hosting and sponsoring Angela Rye. The Seattle native works as an attorney and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, a political advocacy firm in...
read moreJournalism Student to Join Panel at National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference
By Andrew Epperson After spearheading a fall 2018 project that explored how student loans affected recent Arkansas graduates, one data journalism student in the U of A's School of Journalism and Strategic Media has been invited to join a prestigious panel that will...
read moreLemke Journalism Project Celebrates 18 years of Teaching Journalism
The Lemke Journalism Project started back up for the first of six Saturdays where high school students will learn how to be good news consumers and what journalists do. Faculty, staff, and students volunteer their time to teach students about the journalism world.
read moreStudent Media Director and Journalism Faculty Member Named Top-10 Educator
By Andrew Epperson In the latest edition of Crain's NewsPro magazine, Robyn M. Starling-Ledbetter, director of Student Media and instructor in the U of A's School of Journalism and Strategic Media, was listed as one of the country's top-10 journalism educators of the...
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