Ethics of digital media to be examined at CU-Boulder symposium March 14-15
Students, scholars and media professionals will discuss media 鈥渋n the fast-paced world of digital journalism鈥 at a 老九品茶 symposium March 14-15.
颁鲍-叠辞耻濒诲别谤听听program will host the conference including two talks that are free and open to the public.
Jay Rosen will give one of the talks on March 14 at 10 a.m. at the Old Main Chapel. Rosen, who will discuss 鈥淭he Ethics of Point-of-View Journalism,鈥 is a journalism professor at New York University and a media critic. He is an adviser at First Look Media, a new venture featuring the work of Glenn Greenwald, who published the explosive national security documents leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden. Rosen also writes the blog PressThink.
At 2 p.m. on March 14 at the Old Main Chapel, Steve Buttry will present 鈥淯pholding and Updating Journalism Values.鈥 Buttry is the digital transformation editor for Digital First Media. The company operates about 800 multi-platform media products nationally, including several in Colorado. He is a prominent consultant in digital journalism and author of the blog The Buttry Diary.
During other portions of the symposium, participants will explore issues such as the loss of the 鈥渆thics support group鈥 found in traditional newsrooms for today freelancers, developers and entrepreneurs; today ethics challenges in the journalism work environment; and what the latest research and journalistic practice says about norms and values in the digital age.
鈥淭echnology has enabled new forms of public communication that raise new kinds of ethical questions,鈥 said Paul Voakes, CU-Boulder professor of journalism and mass communication. 鈥淔or example: When corrections can be made seamlessly and instantly online, is first-time accuracy now overrated? What are the appropriate journalistic uses of drones? In a profession increasingly populated by developers, activists, entrepreneurs and volunteers, where does a code of ethics fit?鈥
Excluding the two public talks, symposium participants will work in groups to write brief papers about the issues discussed. The papers could lead to collaborative essays or research projects, according to symposium organizers.
The symposium is supported by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, Colorado State University and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Contact:
Paul Voakes
paul.voakes@colorado.edu
Michelle Fulcher, Journalism and Mass Communication, 303-492-0460
michelle.fulcher@colorado.edu
Elizabeth Lock, CU-Boulder media relations, 303-492-3117
elizabeth.lock@colorado.edu
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