2009 Session 5

New Media, Ethics and Democratic Journalism

Does online journalism have an ethics, or should it have an ethics? If it has an ethics, what is it? Must there be a tension between traditional and new media journalism? How can the potential of new media and communication technology be used responsibly to enhance democratic journalism? A panel of journalists and media scholars debate the prospects and the practice of new media journalism.

Moderator:

Sue Robinson, Assistant Professor, UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Panelists:

Ira Basen, producer, CBC Radio
Katy Culver, faculty, UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Peter Kafka, senior editor, AllThingsDigital
Jeff Mayers, president, wispolitics.com
Dhavan Shah, Maier-Bascom Professor, UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication