2009 Session 1

Surviving the Media Carnage: Pathways to Good Journalism

The future of journalism is being debated amid the decline of traditional economic models and a media revolution. In tough times, can journalism afford ethics? What are the pathways to the future? Are there new models for doing good public-interest journalism and in maintaining ethical standards?

Moderator:

Lew Friedland, Professor, UW School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Panelists:

Kathy Bissen, director of production, Wisconsin Public Television
Ellen Foley, former editor, Wisconsin State Journal
Phil Rosenthal, media columnist, Chicago Tribune
Jon Sawyer, executive director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting