Stories We’re Following 10/3

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —  The Las Vegas shooting has been reported by many journalists as “the deadliest shooting in America.”  That statement is incorrect.  Indira Lakshmanan explains in this Poynter report. Pew Research did an analysis on media...

Stories We’re Following 9/18

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Center for Ethics in Journalism visiting distinguished professor Alicia “Lisa” Shepard weighed in on former first lady Hillary Clinton criticizing the media. Shepard wrote an opinion piece for USA Today that was published...

Stories We’re Following 2/22

The New York Times Public Editor Liz Spayd discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using anonymous sources, particularly in relation to political reporting. An article from the New York Times discussed how the rising use of technology for reporting has begun to...

Stories We’re Following 10/3/16

Poynter discussed the ethics of removing “embarrassing archived stories” from newspaper websites after learning several publications had been contacted by readers with requests for deletion. User reports led Facebook to suspend several Palestinian...

Journalism Ethics Summit Will Cover Reporting on Race and Gender

The event titled “Covering Race and Gender in the New Millennium” will begin at 2 p.m. Sept. 27 in Giffels Auditorium located in Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus. The panel will feature Jesse Holland, the visiting distinguished professor of journalism ethics; history chair, Calvin White, who is also affiliated faculty in African and African American studies; and Lisa Corrigan, director of gender studies. Christi Welter, of the Center for Ethics in Journalism, will moderate the panel.