Tony Burman, previously managing director of Al Jazeera English, will address the conference, “In Your Face: Partisan Journalism in a Democracy.”
The Center for Journalism Ethics will stage the conference at the UW Fluno Center.
This year’s conference addresses the following question: “Is the rise of a more opinionated and partisan media a positive development for our democracy, or not?” Participants from across the political spectrum will explore the implications of partisan media for public broadcasters, news networks, and journalism ethics.
Also, the Center for Journalism Ethics will announce the recipient of this year’s Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award. A committee of journalists and media scholars, under chair Ellen Foley, will identify candidates.
Conference speakers and panelists include: Canadian journalist Ira Basen; media historian James Baughman; New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane; digital media specialist Katy Culver; JoEllen Fair, specialist on media in Africa; investigative journalists Andy Hall and Brant Houston; communication researcher Shawnika Hull; TV executive Byron Knight; professor and former NPR executive Jack Mitchell; KQED (San Francisco) executive news director Raul Ramirez; global researcher Shakuntala Rao, professor and Colombian attorney Hernando Rojas; political communication expert Dhavan Shah; NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard; and media ethicist Lee Wilkins.
Further information on the conference program and registration is on the Center for Journalism Ethics’ website at http://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu.
The event runs from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave.
Registration is free for students and $20 for others; register by filling out the form on the center’s website.
The conference will be live streamed from the Center for Journalism Ethics’ website. The site will have a blog and Twitter feed allowing bloggers and tweeters to participate in the discussion online.
The Center for Journalism Ethics was established two years ago in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication. The Center promotes the ethical standards of democratic journalism through discussion, research, teaching, professional outreach and newsroom partnerships.
This year’s conference sponsored by The Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation, The Kurey Company; Green Line Strategies, American Family Insurance, WISC-TV, UW alumna Peppy O’Neill, the Wisconsin Alumni Association, and a gift from an anonymous donor through Lee Wilkins, a member of the Center for Journalism Ethics’ advisory board.