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Jose Antonio Vargas - KEYNOTEJose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and media publisher whose work centers on the changing American identity. He is the founder of Define American, a non-profit media and culture organization that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration and citizenship in America; and the founder and editor of #EmergingUS, a digital platform that lives at the intersection of race, immigration, and identity in a multicultural America. #EmergingUS is the first-ever media property owned by an undocumented immigrant.
Frank BurtFrank Burt has been a broadcast photojournalist for nearly 25 years. He is currently a news photographer and videographer for WESH-TV2, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, Fla. He typically works general assignment stories, which can be anything from city council meetings to breaking news. He has been covering stories in central Florida for nearly 19 years including the Pulse nightclub shooting in June, the Casey Anthony trial, the George Zimmerman case, Hurricane Katrina, the Florida election recount of 2000 and the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. Burt also fills in on the assignment desk at WESH, where he assigns crews to stories and gathers news.
Keith CampbellKeith Campbell is deputy managing editor for news and business at The Dallas Morning News. Over a 25-year career at The News, Campbell has held a variety of editing positions. These include interim managing editor, assistant managing editor, communities editor and deputy sports editor. He’s directed coverage of breaking news as well as major sporting events including the summer Olympics. Early in his career, he worked at the St. Petersburg Times as well as newspapers in Kansas and Alabama. He’s a graduate of the University of Missouri.
Katy CulverKathleen Bartzen Culver is an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Long interested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public interest communication, Culver focuses on the ethical dimensions of social tools, technological advances and networked information. She combines these interests with a background in law and free expression. She also serves as visiting faculty for the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and education curator for MediaShift.
Marcus DonaldsonMarcus (@thoughtMD) is a senior public relations major interested in pursuing career opportunities in social change communications, brand management and online community building. He follows conversations surrounding advocacy and social justice and is especially interested in how public relations can be used to advance social causes. He is the intercampus liaison for the Kent State Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. He has served as a content marketing intern at Kunimura Mitchell and Company, a Cincinnati-based accounting firm.
Thom FladungThom Fladung is vice president of Hennes Communications, one of the few firms in the United States focused exclusively on crisis communications and crisis management.
Thom spent 33 years in newspaper newsrooms, and held lead editing positions at the Detroit Free Press, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Akron Beacon Journal and, most recently, served as managing editor of The Plain Dealer. Thom, a native of Canton, serves on the board of the Cleveland Press Club.
Mark GoodmanMark Goodman joined the faculty of Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in January 2008 as the first Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism. Goodman, who is also a lawyer, was executive director of the Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Va., from 1985 to 2007. Recognized as a national expert on scholastic journalism, media law and student press freedom, each year he speaks to hundreds of students, teachers, school administrators and attorneys around the United States and abroad about the legal issues confronting the student press.
Tom HuangTom Huang is Sunday & Enterprise Editor at The Dallas Morning News and Editing Fellow at The Poynter Institute. In 2013, he was a Punch Sulzberger Fellow at Columbia University, where he studied executive leadership and journalism innovation. For the past 14 years, he has taught in Poynter seminars on reporting, writing, editing, ethics, diversity and leadership. He has worked at The Dallas Morning News since 1993, first as a feature writer, then as features editor, and now as the Sunday Page One editor. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied computer science and engineering, with a minor in creative writing.
Katherine JoyceKatherine Joyce is a public health researcher & advocate. Her academic work with Children's HealthWatch has been published in the Journal of Applied Research on Children and Pediatrics and she has worked with community groups on issues surrounding youth and community violence. She has addressed social justice issues through legislative advocacy, photography, videography and writing, including her piece "10 Lessons from Flint" - a three-part series encouraging medical students to embrace physician advocacy as part of patient care and public health. She is currently a medical student at Northeast Ohio Medical University and sits on the American Medical Association Medical Student Section Standing Committee on Global and Public Health. She received her Masters in Public Health from Boston University.
Kelly McBrideKelly McBride is a writer, teacher and one of the country’s leading voices when it comes to media ethics. She has been on the faculty of the Poynter Institute since 2002 and is now its Vice President of Academic Programs.
Brenna ParkerBrenna Parker is a senior public relations major. She currently serves as a Fellow on the Ohio Together campaign and as PRSSA Kent’s Vice President of Professional Relations. Parker is highly involved on campus and her past work experience includes A magazine, vice president of PRSSA, The Burr magazine, The Kent Stater and TV2. She competed in the 2016 Bateman Case Study competition for Student Veterans of America.
Parker interned as a public policy and communications intern for The Philanthropy Roundtable in Washington D.C. on the Roundtable’s public-policy arm, the Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR).
Shaheen PashaShaheen Pasha is a journalist and assistant professor of
international journalism at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She
worked as the Middle East Regional Editor for The Brief, a legal
magazine published by Thomson Reuters. Prior to launching the magazine,
Pasha was the Islamic finance correspondent at Thomson Reuters, based in
Dubai. She taught journalism at the American University in Cairo and
Pace University in New York. She was a banking and legal reporter at
CNNMoney.com, covering the Supreme Court and the Enron trial.
Lindsey Smith
Lindsey Smith is an award-winning reporter for Michigan Radio, the NPR news station affiliated with the University of Michigan. She covers west Michigan. Her work has been recognized by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. This year, “Not Safe to Drink,” a documentary she produced about the Flint water crisis, won a national Murrow Award. She also was a finalist this year for the national Livingston Award, which is a national award for media professionals under the age of 35. Smith also was a finalist for the national SPJ Journalist of the Year award.
Shoshana WalterShoshana Walter is a reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, covering human trafficking and public safety. Her investigation on America's armed security guard industry won the 2015 Livingston Award for Young Journalists for national reporting and also was featured in a two-part installment on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. She began her career as a police reporter for The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida, and previously covered violent crime and the politics of policing in Oakland, California, for The Bay Citizen.
Lee Anne WaltersThe Flint Water Crisis and Flint resident LeeAnne Walters’ fight for safe water made national headlines in January 2016. Walters, a mother of four, first noticed something was wrong in summer 2014, and months later, became the first citizen to report the problem to the EPA. When city, state and federal officials failed to take action, Walters took action herself, leading protests and educating herself about water quality and distribution. Walters’ home, where the water repeatedly tested far above the level of toxic waste, is referred to as Ground Zero of the Crisis.
Walters partnered with Virginia Tech water expert Marc Edwards and EPA whistleblower Miguel del Toral in an effort to prove local, state and federal failure to provide the citizens of Flint with safe water.
Bruce WingesBruce Winges has been editor and vice president of the Akron Beacon Journal since May 2007.Our Speakers
Jose Antonio Vargas - KEYNOTE
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and media publisher whose work centers on the changing American identity.
Frank Burt
Frank Burt has been a broadcast photojournalist for nearly 25 years. He is currently a news photographer and videographer for WESH-TV2, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, Fla. He typically works general assignment stories, which can be anything from city council meetings to breaking news.
Keith Campbell
Keith Campbell is deputy managing editor for news and business at The Dallas Morning News. Over a 25-year career at The News, Campbell has held a variety of editing positions. These include interim managing editor, assistant managing editor, communities editor and deputy sports editor.
Katy Culver
Kathleen Bartzen Culver is an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Long interested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public interest communication, Culver focuses on the ethical dimensions of social tools, technological advances and networked information.
Marcus Donaldson
Marcus (@thoughtMD) is a senior public relations major interested in pursuing career opportunities in social change communications, brand management and online community building. He follows conversations surrounding advocacy and social justice and is especially interested in how public relations can be used to advance social causes.
Thom Fladung
Thom Fladung is vice president of Hennes Communications, one of the few firms in the United States focused exclusively on crisis communications and crisis management. Thom spent 33 years in newspaper newsrooms, and held lead editing positions at the Detroit Free Press, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Akron Beacon Journal and, most recently, served as managing editor of The Plain Dealer.
Mark Goodman
Mark Goodman joined the faculty of Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in January 2008 as the first Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism. Goodman, who is also a lawyer, was executive director of the Student Press Law Center in Arlington, Va., from 1985 to 2007.
Tom Huang
Tom Huang is Sunday & Enterprise Editor at The Dallas Morning News and Editing Fellow at The Poynter Institute. In 2013, he was a Punch Sulzberger Fellow at Columbia University, where he studied executive leadership and journalism innovation. For the past 14 years, he has taught in Poynter seminars on reporting, writing, editing, ethics, diversity and leadership.
Katherine Joyce
Katherine Joyce is a public health researcher & advocate. Her academic work with Children's HealthWatch has been published in the Journal of Applied Research on Children and Pediatrics and she has worked with community groups on issues surrounding youth and community violence.
Kelly McBride
Kelly McBride is a writer, teacher and one of the country’s leading voices when it comes to media ethics. She has been on the faculty of the Poynter Institute since 2002 and is now its Vice President of Academic Programs.
Brenna Parker
Brenna Parker is a senior public relations major. She currently serves as a Fellow on the Ohio Together campaign and as PRSSA Kent’s Vice President of Professional Relations. Parker is highly involved on campus and her past work experience includes A magazine, vice president of PRSSA, The Burr magazine, The Kent Stater and TV2. She competed in the 2016 Bateman Case Study competition for Student Veterans of America.
Shaheen Pasha
Brenna Parker is a senior public relations major. She currently serves as a Fellow on the Ohio Together campaign and as PRSSA Kent’s Vice President of Professional Relations. Parker is highly involved on campus and her past work experience includes A magazine, vice president of PRSSA, The Burr magazine, The Kent Stater and TV2. She competed in the 2016 Bateman Case Study competition for Student Veterans of America.
Lindsey Smith
Lindsey Smith is an award-winning reporter for Michigan Radio, the NPR news station affiliated with the University of Michigan. She covers west Michigan. Her work has been recognized by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. This year, “Not Safe to Drink,” a documentary she produced about the Flint water crisis, won a national Murrow Award.
Shoshana Walter
Shoshana Walter is a reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, covering human trafficking and public safety. Her investigation on America's armed security guard industry won the 2015 Livingston Award for Young Journalists for national reporting and also was featured in a two-part installment on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360.
Lee Anne Walters
The Flint Water Crisis and Flint resident LeeAnne Walters’ fight for safe water made national headlines in January 2016. Walters, a mother of four, first noticed something was wrong in summer 2014, and months later, became the first citizen to report the problem to the EPA.
Bruce Winges
Bruce Winges has been editor and vice president of the Akron Beacon Journal since May 2007.
Winges has held a variety of editing and management positions since he joined the Beacon Journal in 1982. He has worked on the news and metro desks and has been an assistant managing editor, night managing editor and deputy managing editor.
Please take just a few minutes to give us your feedback on this year's Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop. Be sure to include ideas for next year! Thanks. KSU Media Ethics Survey
The concept of social justice is broad and in America today it can be controversial, even divisive. The Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop this year seeks to examine the ethics of media coverage of several complicated topics such as immigration, safe spaces, violence and environmental inequality. Journalism, public relations and other media best practices also will be discussed.
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The Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop is a one-day training program for professionals, educators and students that examines critical issues and perspectives in media ethics. Moderated by distinguished faculty from The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Media Ethics Workshop provides a unique forum for professionals and students alike to confront and discuss significant issues crucial to understanding journalism and media ethics and their effects. Previous Workshops have addressed online ethics, sports media ethics, political media ethics, the ethics of data mining and the ethics of covering trauma. Established in 2004, the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop continues its mission to strengthen media credibility and bolster audience faith in media integrity.
Jose Antonio Vargas
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker, and media publisher whose work centers on the changing American identity.
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Not Safe to Drink - Lindsey Smith
"Not Safe to Drink" is the award-winning series produced by Michigan (Public) Radio that examined the Flint, Mich., water crisis in detail. Reporters, including Lindsey Smith, asked what people would do if their tap water turned brown? If it gave children a rash every time they took a bath?
