News Decision-Making Workshop AgendaJacksonville, FL—January 23-24, 2009
Sponsored by the
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Agenda - All of the workshop sessions are at the Jacksonville, FL Marriott
Hotel Information:
Jacksonville
Marriott
4670 Salisbury
Road
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Friday
Evening, January 23
6:30 pm A
light sandwich dinner is served
7:00-8:45 pm Hear
From Your Audience
A facilitated discussion with a diverse group of the public about
their perception of local electronic journalism
8:45-9:30 pm Q&A
with Your Audience
Saturday, January 24
8:00
am Continental breakfast is served
Tool
Bag for Making Tough Calls
Ethical decision-making is a skill you and your
staff can develop to
make better, more confident decisions on the range of
ethical
challenges faced in the newsroom and in the field. Using a number
of video and audio cases, we
will explore how you make tough calls.
In this interactive case study session you will:
- Learn
decision-making skills to use during your next tough
- Discuss how
you currently make ethical decisions, identifying strengths and weaknesses
- Create a
newsroom culture that encourages input from all levels of the newsroom
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Exercising
Your News Decision-Making Muscles
In this session you will apply the principles
and skills learned
throughout the day to decisions about:
- Airing
graphic video and audio
3:15 pm Ethical Editing
In this session we will apply your news
decision-making skills to:
- Maintaining
the integrity, content and context of stories
4:00 pm Covering Victims and
Vulnerable People
In this session we will:
- Apply
the morning decision-making process to how we cover victims, vulnerable people
and children
- Give
voice to the voiceless and review stakeholders
5:30 pm Enjoy
Jacksonville!
This workshop is reserved for journalists working in television, radio and online.
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