Events Press Freedom and Alternative Facts 10 Nov 2020 The Center for Media Engagement and Media Ethics Initiative Present: Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts David McCraw Senior VP & Deputy General Counsel The New York Times…
Case Studies… Putting the President in Check 19 Oct 202021 Oct 2020 CASE STUDY: Should Twitter Factcheck Trump's Misleading Tweets? Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies Twitter made both headlines and enemies after labeling a tweet from President Donald Trump as containing…
Case Studies… Celebrity Death in the Media 5 Oct 202021 Oct 2020 CASE STUDY: The Controversial News Coverage of Kobe Bryant's Death Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies On January 26, 2020, basketball legend Kobe Bryant tragically died in a helicopter crash…
Case Studies… Blurring the Line Between Reporting the Truth and Minimizing Harm 25 Aug 202021 Oct 2020 CASE STUDY: The Ethics of Showing the Faces of Protesters in News Coverage Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies The Black Lives Matter movement erupted across the world after…
Art and Aesthetics… Picturing Justice for Kalief Browder 17 Aug 202021 Oct 2020 CASE STUDY: Documentary Film and the Ethics of Media Advocacy Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies In 2010, Kalief Browder, a Black teen from the Bronx, was arrested and accused…
Case Studies… Objectivity in Journalism 28 Jul 202021 Oct 2020 CASE STUDY: Is Objectivity in Journalism an Ethical Requirement or Impediment? Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies Journalists have long been thought of as simple reporters of reality - they…
Case Studies… Pandemic Prime Time for the Cuomo Brothers 26 May 202021 Oct 2020 CASE STUDY: Ethics, Objectivity, and Relationships in Journalism Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies As panic around the COVID-19 pandemic set in to New York state, the nation’s hardest hit area,…