AEJMC Media Ethics Division

Our division received a really high number of submissions this year, and we need your help with reviewing the submissions to make this competition successful. Please sign up to be reviewer using this form. Please sign up or contact our research chair Kelsey Whipple directly.

Have you gotten your copy of Teaching Media Ethics yet? If not, here’s a link to buy: Teaching Media Ethics (Master Class: Resources for Teaching Mass Communication) a.co/d/hebE3yY

AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize, an AEJMC Standing Committee on Research Award, this is given to a book or project concerning Latin America or coverage of issues in Latin America. View the full call/nominate by Jan. 15: aejmc.com/home/wp-conten…

Need interesting & concise ethics case studies for your courses in #journalism, #media, #philosophy & more? Here are 150+ free case studies from @EngagingNews & @ethicsofmedia. They cover a range of current topics your students want to discuss! #OER mediaengagement.org/vertical/media…

Happiness is coming home and finding on the doorstep the new @AEJMCethics media ethics book @kbculver and I edited, written with the best media ethicists we know! Best holiday gift. Ever. @OhioStateComm rowman.com/ISBN/978153818…

2 weeks away from #NewsEngagementDay! Share your plans leading up to & during the event with #NewsEngagementDay. Don't forget the video competition for college students! New this year - a video competition for high school students. All info - newsengagement.org

MED is seeking participants for its annual multi-tiered mentorship program that links senior faculty, junior faculty, and graduate students within media ethics. If interested, fill out this form by Oct. 16: forms.gle/uDeEJde7CsMHSj…

On the job market? Check out this 🧵 of job opportunities! Lots of great openings in science, health, environment and risk comm this year!

We are excited to start the process of developing panels for AEJMC 2024, which is slated for August 7-11, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA! Use this link (forms.gle/2TyU9kWgbAuSzG…) to submit your panel ideas. Please reach out to Vice-Head Joe Jones (joseph.jones@mail.wvu.edu) w/?s

And we’ll close today with a PF&R panel (co-sponsored with @aejmc_bamj): “how will local journalism change…” The panel will be at 4:30.

We have a joint research panel session as well with @MacAejmc: “I would prefer not to be visible: Ethical drawbacks of visibility for marginalized people.” It I’ll be at 2:30.

Our #AEJMC23 programming kicks off today at 12:30 with our referred paper session: Ethical issues for a digital age.

We know many of our members are headed to #AEJMC23 for an amazing week of programming, but before you head to DC please make an effort to support this initiative and promote equity in our organization.

Launched in 2021, the Shadid Curriculum encourages student journalists to consider thorny ethical issues and place themselves in the position of making difficult journalistic decisions.

A one-hour special by a team of reporters at @abcactionnews that investigated the sharp uptick in hate groups and hate incidents in Florida in an effort to equip their audience with the resources needed to identify, report and combat hate: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/shadid-curricu…

.@LynzyBilling's report for @propublica, in which she tracks down civilian deaths at the hands of Afghan soldiers funded, trained and directed by the CIA (work that won the Michael Kelly Award, among other honors): ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/shadid-curricu…

Tony Plohetski’s investigative work for the @statesman & @KVUE. Plohetski was the first journalist in the country to obtain video of the Uvalde, Texas police response to a tragic school shooting: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/shadid-curricu…

.@BrettMmurphy's investigative report for @ProPublica revealing that a 911 “call analysis” is based on junk science, reporting which won a Polk Award among many other honors: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/shadid-curricu…