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Fair Or Foul? Ethics and Sportsjournalism

Fair Or Foul? Ethics and Sportsjournalism

the uw-madison center for ethics presents fair or foul? ethics and sportsjournalism

2015 conference

Featuring speakers from ESPN, NBC Sports, CBS News, the NFL, and many other media outlets

april 10, 2015 union south The Center for Journalism Ethics Schedule of Events Welcome to a day that promises Advisory 8:30 /registration to be filled with thought-pro- Board voking discussion of some of 8:50 Opening remarks, Robert Drechsel and Kathleen Culver the most significant issues ever Tom Bier to face journalism and govern- Kathy Bissen 9:00 Keynote by , Times ment: Who has what obligations Media Minefields: Journalism, National Security and the Right to Know James E. Burgess to whom in most appropriately 10:15 Break resolving conflicts between the Scott Cohn public’s need for both informa- Rick Fetherston 10:30 Protecting Sources and Data in a Environment tion and privacy in a self-gov- Peter D. Fox Moderator: Jason Shepard, Cal State-Fullerton erning society and the need to Welcome Lewis Friedland Brant , University of Illinois protect citizens and from Robert E. Drechsel Martin Kaiser Jonathan Stray, from serious harm? James E. Burgess Jeff Mayers Marisa Taylor, McClatchey DC Chair in Journalism Ethics find themselves Jack Mitchell 11:30 Award for Journalism Ethics, presented by Jack Mitchell at the center of the debate John Smalley to the Associated Press, , Ted Bridis and in many ways. They provide a Carol Toussaint 12:00 Lunch critical conduit for information the public and sometimes the Owen Ullmann government itself need to develop and deploy sound policy. 1:00 Surveillance by Media: Ethical Bounds of Tools for Watching, Scraping and Richard Vitkus But while gathering information, journalists may themselves Sensing become targets of government surveillance. And journalists, Lee Wilkins Moderator: Kathleen Bartzen Culver, UW-Madison too, engage in surveillance, since that in part is what means Dave Zweifel John Keefe, WNYC to gather news. New and surreptitiously intrusive technologi- Fergus Pitt, Tow Center at cal tools are available to all parties, and the very definition of Sisi Wei, ProPublica and journalism is in flux. Staff 2:00 Break Thus we offer a keynote, panels and breakout sessions that Robert E. Drechsel, 2:15 Breakouts address serious ethical questions regarding surveillance of James E. Burgess Chair journalists and the public by government, as well as surveil- & Director How to Technologically Protect Your Sources – Jonathan Stray Ethics When Using Data in Journalism – Alex Howard, Tow Center lance by journalists. Do demand a fundamental Kathleen Culver, rethinking of journalistic ethics? We hope today’s program will Associate Director Cracking Local and State Government Secrecy – Dee Hall, Wisconsin State Journal and Wisconsin Center for point to possible answers. Lindsay Palmer Associate Professor 3:00 Radical Rethink: Do New Security Challenges Require New Norms? Our Mission Jennifer Karlson, Moderator: Robert Drechsel To advance the ethical standards and practices of democratic UW Foundation , journalism through discussion, research, teaching, professional Dave Wilcox, , outreach, and newsroom partnerships. The center is a voice Project Assistant Stephen Ward, University of Wendy Swanberg, for journalistic integrity, a forum for informed debate, and an 4:15 Closing Remarks incubator for new ideas and practices. Project Assistant is an assistant editor on the Investigative Desk at . Before joining The Times in 2001, Presenters & Panelists he was an investigative producer for “” on CBS and for Ira Basen began his career at CBC Radio in 1984. He has ABC News. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for written for Saturday Night, The and Mail, The Walrus, The Journal. He also worked for The Press Maisonneuve, and the Canadian Journal of Communication, CBC. and . Mr. Bogdanich has received three Pulitzer ca, and is a contributing editor at J-source.ca. He won many Prizes, two while at The Times and one at . awards, including the Canadian Science Writers Association He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Award, the Canadian Nurses Association Award, the Gabriel currently teaches journalism at Columbia University. Award, and the New York Radio Festival Award. His article “ Uprising” was included in the book “Best Canadian Essays -2010,” and his article “Age of the Algorithm” was nominated for a 2011 National Award. He holds degrees from Carleton University and UW-Madison. He has developed training programs for CBC journalists and taught at Scott Bukstein is in his sixth year as a faculty member at the several universities. University of Central . Scott is currently the Director of the DeVos Undergraduate Sport Management Program at the University of Central Florida. Scott also serves as Assis- tant Director of the DeVos Graduate Sport Business Management James L. Baughman is the Fetzer Bascom Professor of Jour- Program. Scott teaches classes at the graduate and undergradu- nalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wiscon- ate levels on topics such as diversity and inclusion in sport, the sin-Madison. A member of the UW journalism faculty since business of college and professional sport, event operations and 1979, Baughman served as director of the School from 2003 facility management, sport business analytics, and legal issues to 2009. He has written extensively on the recent history of in sport. American journalism and broadcasting. His books include Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Filmmaking and Broad- casting Since 1941 ( UP, 2006). Mary Byrne is the managing editor for USA Today Sports. A former Olympics editor at USA Today, she rejoined the organiza- tion in 2012 in her current position. Byrne previously served as the deputy sports editor for The Associated Press and worked at Steve Berkowitz is a projects reporter for USA Today Sports. publications including The Herald and Charlotte Observer. He has been with USA Today since June 2000, and worked pre- Mary graduated from the with degrees in viously as its sports projects editor. Since 2006, he has helped journalism and Spanish. She in Washington D.C. lead regular surveys of the compensation received by coaches, men’s basketball coaches and athletics direc- tors, as well as the annual revenues and expenses of Division I athletics programs, conferences and the NCAA. Recently, he Mark Fainaru-Wada is a member of ESPN’s investigations/ has covered various NCAA legal and legislative issues. Before enterprise unit. In October 2013, Fainaru-Wada and his col- joining USA Today, he worked most of 14 years at The Wash- league/brother published the New York Times ington Post, where he was composing room editor, copy editor, “League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the reporter, night editor and assistant sports editor. Battle for Truth.” The book won them the 2014 PEN Award for Literary Sports Writing. The brothers also served as re- porters/writers on a documentary of the same name for PBS’s Connect with our presenters and panelists. award-winning program “Frontline.” The “League of Denial” Check the inside back cover for handles of participants and to learn more documentary earned the prestigious George Polk and Peabody awards. The Fainarus also part of an ESPN team honored about social participation in today’s conference. with a Peabody. #uwethics Madison native Jessie Garcia has been a TV sportscaster 11-time Emmy Award winner is the lead correspondent for on Showtime and a con- WTMJ in Milwaukee. A graduate of the Col- tributing correspondent for 60 Minutes. From March 2006 to for 20 years, first with WISC in Madison and currently with November 2012 Keteyian was the Chief Investigative Corre- the country to host an NFL coach’s show. When not reporting spondent for CBS News and head of the network’s Investigative legeor anchoring of Communication, for WTMJ, GarciaGarcia canwas be one found of the teaching first women journal in- unit. From 1998-2006 and 2010-2012 he was also a contribut- ism at Carroll University in Waukesha, writing her two ing correspondent to HBO’s critically-acclaimed magazine show books,or enjoying time with her husband and two sons. “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.” In addition, Keteyian is the author or co-author of 10 books, including most recently, The New York Times best-seller “The System: The Glory and Scandal Rob Hernandez directs digital sports content for madison. of Big-Time College Football.” com. Prior to that, he had written for the Wisconsin State Journal since 1987, primarily focusing on high school sports. A graduate of Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School and UW, Hernandez co-hosts the weekly “Prep Report” radio show on Chris Kluwe grew up in Southern among a colony of WTSO (1070 AM) in Madison and appears regularly on WEKZ wild chinchillas and didn’t learn how to communicate outside of (93.7 FM) in Monroe. barking and howling until he was 14 years old. He has played foot- ball in the NFL, once wrestled a bear for a pot of , and occa- sionally. He is also the eternal disappointment of his mother, who Greg Hughes is senior vice president, Communications, NBC just can’t understand why he hasn’t cured cancer yet. Do you know Sports Group. He has oversight of the communications and why these bio things are in third person? I have no idea. Please tell media relations strategy for the NBC Sports Group’s portfolio. Hughes served as president of Sedan Communications, a public me if you figure it out. companies, events and . Hughes received a bache- relationslor’s in journalism firm he founded with an that emphasis represented on Public major Relations sports media from Robert Lipsyte, a long-time sports reporter and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is on the Board of for The New York Times, is a former ombudsman for ESPN. He Visitors. He received the school’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Ralph Nafziger Award for Achievement in Journalism. twice won Columbia University’s Meyer Berger Award for Dis- wastinguished a finalist Reporting. for the Pulitzer He won Prize the Margaretin commentary A. Edwards in 1992 Award and from the American Library Association for lifetime contribution Now writer for ESPNW and ESPN.com, Melissa Isaacson has to Young Adult Literature. His best-selling teen novels include worked in sports writing for 32 years. She currently also teaches “The Contender” and “One Fat Summer.” Among his 20 books journalism at as an adjunct professor. are “An Accidental Sportswriter,” “SportsWorld: An American During her career, she covered the Bulls during the cham- Dreamland,” and Dick Gregory’s autobiography, “.” Lip- pionship years and the for seven years. She began syte’s TV career includes CBS’ Sunday Morning, PBS’s, “ her career at , covering the (Part2),” and “The Eleventh Hour,” for which he won an Emmy before for moving to Washington, D.C., to work for USA Today. Award as host.

Christina Kahrl Tammy Madsen is an award-winning sportswriter who cov- Prospectus, a member of the Writers Association of ered motorsports, UW basketball, high school sports and public America since 2008, and since 2011 a national MLB writer education for years at Times. A graduate of West is one of the five co-founders of Baseball Bend East High School and UW-Milwaukee, Madsen works as a sports journalist to come out as in 2003. She is freelance writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, The Sports Xchange and The Associated Press. She’s andalso editoran activist for ESPN.com. on the subject She ofalso policy became reform the forfirst trans American inclu- sion at the local, state and national level, and is a member of also written for CBS Sports, The Sporting News, and a handful of board of GLAAD. She resides in Chicago. - ments, NASCAR and IndyCar races and a Rose Bowl. , and filed stories from NCAA men’s basketball tourna James is an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times best-selling author. He got his start as a mem- ber of the Television Reporting Team at Center Staff and continued his career as executive vice president and head of Robert Drechsel holds the James E. Burgess Chair in Original Programming for USA Network and as Senior Executive Journalism Ethics and is director of the School’s Center Producer of 360 at CNN. In 1985, he wrote the bestselling book “ IN PLACE: Inside the Senate.” Later, appointment in the law school. His research and teaching focus he and co-author wrote “LIVE FROM NEW YORK: an foron media Journalism law, the Ethics. relationship He also between holds media an affiliated law and facultymedia Uncensored History of ,” and “THOSE GUYS ethics, and media coverage of the judiciary. Drechsel holds a HAVE ALL THE FUN: Inside the World of ESPN,” both New York Ph.D. in mass communication from the , Times . where he also earned undergraduate and master’s. He joined the Wisconsin faculty in 1983 after spending four years as an assistant professor at Colorado State University. Drechsel is the author of News Making in the Trial Courts and articles in a Jason M. Shepard, Ph.D., is chair of the Department of variety of legal and communication journals. Communications and associate professor of communications Katy Culver is an assistant professor in the University of Wis- and the First Amendment,” explored the relationship between consin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and at California State University, Fullerton. Shepard’s first book, associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Long inter- “Privilegingjournalism ethics the Press: and lawConfidential in journalist-source Sources, Journalism protections. Ethics He has published related research in Communication Law and ested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public Policy, Journal of Media Law & Ethics, and Yale Journal of Law interest communication, Culver focuses on the ethical dimensions and Technology. Shepard earned his Ph.D. from the University of social tools, technological advances and networked informa- of Wisconsin-Madison and is a former reporter and columnist tion. She combines these interests with a background in law and for and . the effects of boundary-free communication on free expression. The Capital Times Isthmus She also serves as visiting faculty for the for Me- dia Studies and education curator for PBS MediaShift. Patrick Stiegman is responsible for all content and the Lindsay Palmer is an assistant professor in the School of Jour- overall direction of ESPN’s leading portfolio of dig- nalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison. She studies ital and print sports properties, including text, audio, video global media ethics from a humanist perspective, especially fo- and multimedia content. He also oversees management of an award-winning team of more than 450 editors, writers and digital age. She is also interested in the employees designers across ESPN.com and its network of related sites cusingwho assist on the the cultural foreign laborreporters of conflict visiting correspondents their nations. Beforein the and mobile applications, as well as ESPN The Magazine. An becoming an academic, Palmer worked as a television news Emmy-award winning producer at ESPN, Stiegman works writer and producer in Miami, Nashville, Colorado Springs and closely with the networks many news, information and pro- gramming units to develop greater cross-platform integration the University of California, Santa Barbara. and development of cross-media franchises. .Palmer earned her Ph.D. in film and media studies at Wilcox is a Ph.D. student in UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His dissertation research Jason Wilde joined 540 ESPN, FM 100.5 ESPN and ESPNWis- focuses on how different types of media content consumption consin.com in September 2009, having covered the Packers interact with people’s varying degrees of tolerance toward and since 1996 for the Wisconsin State Journal. A two-time NSSA acceptance of homosexuals in everyday life. His other research Wisconsin Sportswriter of the year, he has won multiple As- interests include the roles play in political communi- sociated Press Sports Editors, Wisconsin Associa- cation and civic engagement. He currently serves as project assis- tion and Pro Football Writers of America awards for his - tant for the Center for Journalism Ethics. His teaching experience ing. He and his wife Paula live in Green Bay with daughters includes serving as a teaching assistant at UW-Madison and as an Madison and Sydney. instructor of and public relations at UW-Whitewater. He had a 25-year career in advertising. Anthony Shadid Award Interactivity Past Conferences for Journalism Ethics Social Media Coverage 2014: Surveillance, Security and A student social Journalism Ethics The Center for Journalism Ethics media team will pro- Protecting sources, using surveillance proudly gives its annual eth- vide live coverage and data in journalism, changing norms. ics award in honor of Anthony of the conference. Shadid, a UW journalism alumnus Please share the 2013: Who is Shaping the News? and foreign reporter for The New conference cover- journalism, investigative York Times who died in 2012 while age page in your reporting, watchdog media and attacks covering unrest in Syria. social networks and on the news media. tweet along with the student team. Shadid, who won two Pulitzer Visit https://ethics.journalism.wisc. Prizes, had a special connection edu/conference or scan the QR code 2012: Ethics & Elections: Media, to UW-Madison, its School of above. The page also links to addi- Money and Power Implications of fact checking, political Journalism & Mass Communica- tional reading relevant to conference advertising, Twitter and votes, and a tion and the Center for Journalism topics and speakers. Ethics. He sat on the center’s advi- Tribute to Anthony Shadid. sory board and strongly supported #uwethics promoting public interest jour- 2011: In Your Face: Partisan Media nalism and stimulating discussion in a handles Rise and fall of partisan journalism, about journalism ethics. A diehard Packer fan, Anthony celebrated his Wisconsin ties. Katy Culver @kbculver nonprofit journalism and transparency, The 2014 Shadid Award goes to Paul Steigman @psteigman polling and polarization. the Associated Press, Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo and Ted Bridis for their reporting Steve Berkowitz @ByBerkowitz on the disappearance in of Robert Levinson, an American businessman, who Rob Hernandez @Rob Hernandez WSJ 2010: , they demonstrated was employed by the CIA even as the agency denied it to the Mark @Markfwespn New Ethics? The new ecosystem, investigative , the FBI and Congress. Armen Keteyian @ArmenKeteyian Jason Shepard @jasonshepard newsrooms, old val- The center lauds the AP’s responsibility in holding the story for three years until it Mary Byrne @bymarymyrne ues in a new media was confident it would not cause harm to Levinson or to national security. Christina Kahrl @ChristinaKahrl world and verifica- Lindsay Palmer @lnpalmer2000 tion journalism. Other finalists: Chris Kluwe @ChrisWarcraft • ProPublica and reporter Grabell for reporting on the plight of tempo- Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 2009: The rary workers in American companies Melissa Isaacson @mkisaacson Future of Ethical • Stephanie Mencimer for her story in the Washington Monthly verifying the Dave Wilcox @davewilcoxuw Journalism Visit ethics.journal- truthfulness of Kellogg, Brown & Root, the defense contractor, when it denied Tough newsroom ism.wisc.edu or scan that employees in had gang-raped a female employee calls, democratic the code above to UW-Madison handles journalism and a reach archives of • Minnesota Public Radio for documenting by priests in the St. Paul @UWMadison our past conferences dialogue with the diocese, which had held itself up as a model for other dioceses to follow @UW_SJMC New York Times public editor. • USA Today for its examination of “mass killings” in the @UWJournEthics Thanks to our Sponsors Presenting Sponsor: Reception Sponsor: Foundation WPS Insurance William T. 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