Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop to Discuss Trauma and Journalism

Kent State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted the 11th annual Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 17 in Franklin Hall. Visit the workshop website to watch archives of any of the sessions.

JMC Associate Professor Jan Leach was the chairwoman of the planning team. She teaches media ethics, graduate media ethics, newswriting, copy editing and other news courses and is director of the Kent State Media Law Center for Ethics & Access. She is an Ethics Fellow at the Poynter Institute for Journalism Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she works with other media professionals to define and address ethics issues.

POSTED: Thursday, July 9, 2015 08:59 AM
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NPR’s David Folkenflik will headline the 13th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop on Sept. 21, 2017. Hosted by the Poynter Institute and the Kent State School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, this year’s workshop will explore the concept and ethics of “fake news.”

“Fake news” has become a popular catchphrase since the 2016 presidential election. Once used to describe deliberate misinformation and hoaxes, it has since become a blanket term to discredit all kinds of stories.

Join us on March 7, 2017

Media at the Movies: Join the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Media Law Center for Ethics and Access for a showing of "Spotlight," followed by a discussion of media ethics.