When I was at the American Press Institute, I developed and presented two series of ethics seminars under grants from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. One of the grants focused specifically in the ethical challenges of digital journalism and one focused more broadly on general ethics issues. I presented the seminars for more than two dozen newsrooms, universities and journalism organizations. The grants have expired, but I would be pleased to lead a seminar or a single workshop for your organization.
Topics we can address relating to digital journalism:
- Ethics in social networks
- Ethics in the blogosphere
- Engaging the public and maintaining standards
- Standards for digital breaking news coverage
- Generating revenue with integrity
- Digital dilemmas for visual journalism ethics
In addition to the digital issues we address in the API ethics seminars, I can also lead workshops on more traditional journalism ethics issues:
- Accuracy and verification
- Attribution
- Confidential sources
- Independence
- Diversity
- Advance review of stories
- Photojournalism ethics
- Journalism ethics in small towns
- Covering victims
- Private lives of public officials
- Privacy
- Plagiarism, fabrication and other cheating issues
- Leading an ethical news staff
Contact me at stephenbuttry (at) gmail.com if you want to discuss fees and services. For information on my training background, consult my career map or the summary of my training career.
