JANET C. LEACH

305C Franklin Hall Kent State University Kent, OH 44242-0001 330-672-4289 or 330-607-3809 (cell) [email protected] www.janleach.com

EDUCATION M.A. Journalism (Media Ethics), Kent State University Graduated with highest honors – 4.0 gpa

B.A. Journalism (News), Bowling Green State University Frazier Reams Public Affairs scholarship Women in Communications, Inc. scholarship Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honorary and Mortar Board leadership honorary

Certificate: The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla., Teachapalooza (college journalism educator training), 2018 Certificate: The Poynter Institute Teachapalooza, 2017 Certificate: The Poynter Institute Teachapalooza, 2015 Certificate: The Poynter Institute Teachapalooza, 2014

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012 to Present Associate Professor, full-time, tenured faculty member in the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Interim co-director of JMC graduate studies, 2016-18. Journalism Sequence Chair, 2012-14. Director of the Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, 2006-present.

2006 to 2012 Assistant Professor, full-time, tenure-track faculty member, KSU JMC.

August 2003 – August 2006 Professional in Residence, part-time faculty member, KSU JMC.

April 2018 Young Media Leaders Forum, Zayed University, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE Speaker and instructor for forum on media ethics co-sponsored by Zayed University and Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. I delivered keynote address titled “Evolution of Journalism Ethics: A Professional Perspective.” In addition, I was part of panel discussing fake news in

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July 2017 and March 2006, 2007, 2008 Guest Lecturer, The University of Akron, Buchtelite (student media) staff presentations on copy editing, headline writing, ethics and fake news.

July 2014 U.S. Speaker and Specialist Program, India I taught media ethics related to coverage of gender-based violence, introductory journalism and social media ethics in four cities in India. I visited seven different colleges and participated in 33 (total) events including a five-hour journalism workshop, a live Twitter chat and visits with Indian journalists, law enforcement, women’s rights groups and NGOs.

April and November 2010 and October 2009 Distance-Learning Presentations, the University of Iowa, Ames, Iowa. Two guest lectures and Q&A sessions with students in the Gender and Mass Media class, based on my chapters in the book “The Edge of Change: Women in the 21st Century Press.”

Summer 2007, 2008, May 2010 Visiting Faculty, The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla., Summer Fellowship for College Graduates. Taught on-site, two-week copy editing, ethics and job-hunting skills classes to Fellows in this highly selective national program. Also taught introductory journalism lesson for high school workshop attendees. Continued distance lessons via Skype.

September 2006 Guest Faculty, The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Nashville, Tenn. Two, day-long classes on copy editing and ethical decision making.

June 1988 to January 1990 Adjunct Instructor, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky., and the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Taught copy editing and reporting. Also led corporate training programs for The Pace Group in writing, reading and presentation skills for clients, such as General Electric and General Motors.

Courses taught at KSU: JMC 60003 – Ethics of Mass Communication (graduate) JMC 56009 – Reporting Public Affairs (graduate) JMC 50003 – Editing for Mass Media (graduate) JMC 46395 – Solutions Journalism (special topics Fall 2016) JMC 46009 – Reporting Public Affairs (new class Fall 2014) JMC 40010 – Ethics and Issues in Mass Communication (Honors) JMC 40010 – Ethics and Issues in Mass Communication (developed and delivered online) JMC 40006 – Media Law JMC 36005 – Copy Editing JMC 26001 – Writing Across Platforms (previously Newswriting and Multimedia Newswriting) JMC 26001 – Multimedia Newswriting (new class Fall 2012) JMC 20002 – Media, Power and Culture US 10097 – First-Year Experience, FlashTopics and First-Year Colloquium

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Guest lectures and individual class presentations at KSU: JMC 60196/40095 – Rolling Stone @ 50 (special topics Fall 2017) JMC 60000 – Introduction to Graduate Studies JMC 48001 -- Media Relations and Publicity JMC 46016 – Business of Publishing JMC 40027 – Managing Diversity (also graduate level) JMC 40616 – Magazine Publishing JMC 40010 – Media Ethics (philosophy lessons for sections taught by other faculty) JMC 28001 – Principles of Public Relations JMC 26007 – Media Information Gathering JMC 26001 – Writing Across Platforms/Newswriting JMC 20004 – Media Writing JMC 20003 – Introduction to Mass Communication DSCI 10310 – My Story on the Web

Teaching accomplishments n University Distinguished Teaching Award, 2016 n College of Communication and Information Distinguished Teacher, 2014 n Interim Co-director JMC Graduate Studies Committee, 2016-18 n Journalism Sequence Chair, 2012-14 n Elected Teaching Chair, Media Ethics Division, AEJMC, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 n Member of graduate faculty n Member of Honors College faculty n Nominated by a student for Mortar Board Faculty Award, 2006

Master’s Project Committees: n D. Fortier, 2018 (pending) n K. Nix, 2017 n M. Bensinger, 2016 n J. Parsons, A. Hollinger (2015) n C. Cardosi, C. Collins, M. Turner (2014) n K. David (2013) n H. Schoenstein, S. Zake (2011) n S. Elakkiss, M. Ohnmeiss, J. Peltz, S. Puzo Stevenson, T. Roberts (2010) n D. Kish, M. Pieton, M. Griffy (2009) n A. Riggenbach – Liberal Studies (2009) n D. Knox (2007)

Individual Investigations – Graduate n D. Foster, S. Lawrence (2013) n K. Mercer (2011) n T. Roberts, S. Stevenson (2010) n E. Bailey (2009)

Individual Honors Work – Undergraduate n L. Schwerer (2018) n R. Gosney (2017) n E. Morgan (2013) n L. Cusano (2009) n E. Roof (2006) n K. Dick (2005)

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Additional teaching and training highlights: n Teaching Colloquium, “Motivating Factors for Students,” KSU CCI, April 2018 n Fake news presentation, KSU JMC Media, Power and Culture classes, April 2018 and October 2017 n JFK (Cleveland high school) Eagle Academy, October 2017 n “Fighting Fake News,” CCI presentation, KSU. April 2017 n Journalism’s Way Forward, JMC video, KSU. February 2017 n Special sessions for student media after shootings in Roanoke, Va., August 2015 n Plagiarism education, three classes at St. Joseph School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, February 2015 n OSMA presenter spring and fall, 2003-2018 n JMC Ed2010 resume workshop, 2017 n Springfield Junior High School Career Day, Akron, Ohio, January 2017 n Hoover High School journalism class, Canton, Ohio, May 2014 n JMC resume workshop, October 2012, 2013, November 2013, March 2013, 2014, 2015 n Media Ethics Division, AEJMC, pre-conference Teaching Ethics Workshop, Washington, D.C., 2013 n Media Ethics Division, AEJMC, pre-conference Teaching Ethics Workshop, Chicago, 2012 n Media Ethics Division, AEJMC, pre-conference Teaching Ethics Workshop, St. Louis, Mo., 2011 n Media Ethics Division, AEJMC, pre-conference Teaching Ethics Workshop, Denver, 2010 n American Copy Editors Society (ACES) special project to update editing resources for educators, 2010-11 n The Poynter Summer College Program, St. Petersburg, Fla., 2007, 2008 n The Poynter Summer High School Program, St. Petersburg, Fla., 2008 n Daily Kent Stater, KentWired and TV2 student media training on copy editing, headline writing, ethics, leadership and management, 2008-present (twice per year) n Society of Professional Journalists, KSU chapter, resume writing, 2006 n Kent Roosevelt High School, Kent, Ohio, women’s studies class, 2006

SPECIAL JOURNALISM PROJECTS 2005 to Present Coordinator and host of the annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop, one-day professional training and development conference for journalists, educators and students. First presented in 2005 and annually since then.

Annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop The 13th annual event on Sept. 21, 2017, focused on ethics issues relating to fake news. Keynote speaker was NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik. Other speakers represented Storyful, Gannett and USA Today, Dix & Eaton, the News Literacy Project and more. In-person attendance topped 170 people and the live stream and website reached dozens more. A two-year grant from the Knight Foundation was extended to help fund the “Fake or Fact?” program in 2017.

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The 14th annual event, scheduled for Sept. 20, 2018, will focus on ethics of coverage of the opioid epidemic. Confirmed keynote speakers will be the three lead journalists from The Cincinnati Enquirer’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning project “Seven Days of Heroin.” The 2016 Media Ethics Workshop focused on social justice with keynote presentation by national immigration rights activist and Pulitzer winner Jose Antonio Vargas. Previous Workshops have addressed journalism and trauma, data mining, entertainment media ethics, sports media ethics and other timely topics. See below for links to the archived proceedings.

Ethics Workshops Online Archives n 2018 Media Ethics Workshop “Opioids: Ethics Emergency?” (website under construction) n 2017 Media Ethics Workshop “Fake or Fact?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/ n 2016 Media Ethics Workshop “Social Justice?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2016 n 2015 Media Ethics Workshop “Enduring Trauma? http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2015 n 2014 Media Ethics Workshop “Data Minefields?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2014 (10th anniversary) n 2013 Media Ethics Workshop “That’s Entertainment?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2013/ n 2012 Media Ethics Workshop, “Dirty Politics?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2012/ n 2011 Media Ethics Workshop, “Foul Play?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2011/index.php n 2010 Media Ethics Workshop, “Next Ethics?” http://mediaethics.jmc.kent.edu/2010/ n 2009 Media Ethics Workshop, “What Values? (no archives) 2008 Media Ethics Workshop, “Whose Rules?” http://new.jmc.kent.edu/ethicsworkshop/2008/ n 2007, 2006, 2005 Workshops were not archived

The annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop is funded primarily by grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (grants awarded in 2015-16, extended to 2017), 2013, 2012 and 2008, and with partnerships and sponsorships from the Akron Beacon Journal, the Akron chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, local media, as well as (past or present) partnerships with WKSU-FM, Cleveland Jewish News, the Civic Commons (Cleveland), Journalism Accelerator (Portland, Ore.), the Online News Association and others. Conference coordinating duties include selecting focus, setting agenda, inviting speakers, arranging logistics, coordinating publicity, developing student activities and more. This nationally recognized program combines the expertise of Poynter ethics faculty, national and local media experts and guests to address current, real-world journalism ethics issues. I estimate that more about 2,000 professional and student journalists, educators and others have attended the Media Ethics Workshop in person over the years. From 2008 to 2017, off-site participants could watch a live Web stream of the Workshop. From 2010 to 2013, average number of Web viewers tripled. There are usually about 40 pages of Tweets during each event. From 2011 through 2017, the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop was a “trending” topic online. The annual Media Ethics Workshop has garnered increased national publicity, which enhances the reputation of the conference itself and Kent’s JMC. The Workshop has been covered in local media including the Akron Beacon Journal, the Plain Dealer, WAKR-AM, WKYC-TV and others, and in national media including E&P, Poynter Online, Paid Content and numerous media ethics publications and websites. Parts of the Workshops have been featured in articles on PressThink, in Nieman Reports, and are available in permanent archives for research and education. I have received queries about the Workshop from professors at the

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University of Nebraska, the University of Iowa, the University of Oklahoma, Western Michigan University, and from Michigan Radio (NPR). In June 2010, the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop was selected to participate in the New Media Consortium, an international conference that explored use of new media and technologies, in Los Angeles.

Media @ the Movies Starting in 2015, I organized another ethics-related annual event – Media @ the Movies, which requires selecting a film with a journalism/media theme, obtaining rights to screen it, organizing and publicizing the event and leading a panel discussion on media ethics issues with industry experts after the movie. The films: n 2018: Nightcrawler n 2017: Spotlight n 2016: Merchants of Doubt n 2015: A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power and Jayson Blair at the New York Times Panelists have included Matt Carroll, formerly of the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team; Jim Crutchfield, former publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal and Knight Foundation board chair; David Hertz, vice president at Dix & Eaton, representatives from KSU’s journalism and philosophy departments and others. I received a small grant from the Akron Community Foundation in 2014 to kick off the event in 2015.

Ethics Fellow January 2004 to Present I am an ethics fellow at the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla. I attend seminars on media ethics and participate in studies, panels and projects related to current journalism issues. I help students who contact Poynter with questions about ethics issues.

CONSULTING Michigan Radio (NPR) Ethics 2017 I reviewed and helped develop ethics standards for Michigan Radio, the award-winning public radio station in Ann Arbor, Mich. I conducted interviews with station management and researched radio ethics guidelines, then submitted a proposed policy for consideration and adoption in September.

Cleveland Jewish News Michigan Radio (NPR) Ethics Consultant 2015 I did ethics training for the staff of the award-winning, special-interest weekly newspaper and helped develop ethics policy for editorial and management staff.

GRANTS and FUNDING 2015-17 Two-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami) for Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshops in 2015 and 2016. The Knight Foundation extended this grant to help produce the Workshop in 2017.

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2014 Grant from the Akron Community Foundation for the first “Media at the Movies” event in March 2015, part of media ethics programming.

2013 Grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Akron) for the ninth annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop, “That’s Entertainment?” presented on Sept. 19, 2013.

2012 Grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Akron) for the eighth annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop, “Dirty Politics?” presented on Sept. 20, 2012.

2005 to Present Contributions from private donors and area media organizations totaling more than $35,000 to sponsor the annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshops.

2010 to Present Financial sponsorship from Akron chapter of the Public Relations Society of America to organize sessions during 2010-2017 Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshops.

2008 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant of $20,000 for Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop titled “Whose Rules?”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE February 1998 to March 2003 Editor and Vice President, Akron Beacon Journal, responsible for day-to-day operation, staffing and content of (then) 150,000-daily and 190,000-Sunday circulation newspaper. Ohio SPJ named the paper, then part of Knight Ridder newspaper chain, Best Newspaper in Ohio three of five years I was editor. Annual operating budgets ranged from $11 million to $14 million; newsroom staffing ranged from 150 to 216 FTE. Newsroom was consistently cited as among the most diverse for its size. I was a member of the paper’s senior management team accountable for wide-ranging company projects, including circulation and marketing initiatives, advertising plans, labor relations and legal issues.

Journalism highlights in Akron n 9/11 Coverage: Breaking news and ongoing coverage of Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and plane crash in Pennsylvania. This included the paper’s first Extra edition in 15 years and coverage of war in Afghanistan, local responses and first-year anniversary tributes. n Kids First: Ongoing series focusing on whether Akron does right by its youth population. Started after spate of shaken-baby deaths, the series grew into a newspaper-wide commitment focusing on children. Issues included child health, athletics vs. academics, drinking, and foster care. We continued to emphasize and publicize stories about shaken babies until, eventually, the county opened free daycare slots for those in need. n Power to Pollute: Three-day series explored problems enforcing the Clean Air Act in Ohio and the impact of Ohio’s coal-burning industry on air quality.

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n Ohio: Look at the State We’re In: Multiple-Sunday series examining issues facing voters in statewide elections. Stories focused on what elected officials have done or could do to position Ohio for a prosperous future. n Promise of Polymers: Series looked at Akron’s claim as the country’s “Polymer Valley” and how the promise of polymers had not materialized. n Child rape law: Stories analyzed why the Summit County prosecutor rarely used the definition of “force” in child rape cases. After stories ran, Ohio’s child rape legislation was changed to strengthen prosecution of suspects. n Established newspaper’s first Public Editor liaison with readers.

Community highlights in Akron n Fire Truck Fund: Part of the Beacon Journal team that helped raise nearly $4 million in less than one month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Campaign enabled Akron to give a ladder truck and three emergency vehicles to NYC. n Millennium Fund for Children: Public face of this charitable giving campaign established in 1999 to help local children’s causes. The endowment has raised more than $1 million and awarded nearly 400 small grants to grassroots programs directly serving children. n Children’s Health Hotline: Conceived and organized free hotline staffed with volunteer doctors and experts from Akron Children’s Hospital. Hotline ran six hours per day, three days during October each of three years. n Akron After School: Developed the “Akron Beacon Junior” curriculum for eight-week after-school program at Harris Elementary School.

April 2004 to 2011 Freelance editor, Gray & Co. Publishers, Cleveland, Ohio. Edited book manuscripts for local book publisher. Editing involved working with authors, thematic organization of content and copy editing, plus consultation with publisher. Titles edited include: Everyday Faith, by Terry Pluto (2004), Faith and You by Terry Pluto (2005) and Cleveland Cops, The True Stories They Tell Each Other by John Tidyman (2007).

July 1993 to February 1998 Managing Editor, The Cincinnati Enquirer, responsible for administration, content, policy and staffing of Cincinnati's largest newspaper (then 203,000-daily and 350,000-Sunday circulation.) I directed 195 people and managed the newsroom budget of more than $14 million. In 1997, The Enquirer won 23 Ohio AP awards, including first place for breaking news and first place in general excellence. The Enquirer received the highest award for Public Service in 1997 Best of Gannett competition. Named a Gannett Supervisor of the Year, 1997.

January to July 1993 Managing Editor, The Phoenix Gazette (circulation 82,000; now defunct.) Responsible for administration, policy, staffing, content and design for daily afternoon paper. Managed 150 employees and $8 million budget. Reorganized departments, set deadlines and supervised zoning of community sections.

January 1990 to January 1993 City Editor, Arizona Republic. Supervised the largest newsgathering department in Phoenix and in the state of Arizona with a budget of $4 million. Responsible for local news, including investigations and enterprise. Developed new beats such as social issues, urban survival, sports news and created the paper's first computer-assisted reporting position.

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June 1988 to January 1990 Freelance writer, Cincinnati Park Board.

February 1980 to June 1988 Metro Editor, The Cincinnati Enquirer. Supervised coverage of local news from Tri-state area. Managed staff of 40 people including two bureaus, prepared budgets. Also held positions as Deputy Metro Editor, Regional Editor, Assistant Suburban Editor and copy editor.

February 1978 to February 1980 Copy editor/wire editor, The Courier, Findlay, Ohio, daily newspaper.

July 1977 to February 1978 Reporter, the Review-Times, Fostoria, Ohio, daily newspaper.

PUBLICATIONS Leach, J. (2018 pending) Two chapters in forthcoming media ethics textbook, “Communication and Media Ethics,” to be published by Rowman and Littlefield. Chapters on truth and whistleblowing and include additional biographical insets on two prominent philosophers.

Leach, J. (May 2016) “Overstepping Online Privacy Threatens Objectivity Expectations,” Journal of Media Ethics.

Leach, J. ( 2015). “Are All Sources Really Equal? Credibility and the Shift from the Age of Deference to the Age of Reference” book chapter in two-volume textbook titled “Debates for a Digital Democracy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” to be published by ABC.Clio.

Leach, J. (2015-16). Contributed to several chapters and case studies in in “The Disruptive Impact of Emerging Technology” textbook by Gordon Murray, published by IGI Global.

Leach, J. (Feb. 14, 2015) “Journalists: You Don’t Want to Become the News,” Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio.com.

Leach, J. et al (2013). “Telling the Truth and Nothing But,” National Summit to Fight Plagiarism and Fabrication, American Copy Editors Society-publisher of national e-book online.

Leach, J. (2013). “8 Ways to Use Online Resources to Teach Ethics,” Ethical News, Vol. 16, No. 4, published online.

Leach, J. (2013). “Comics in the Classroom,” Ethical News, Vol. 16, No. 3, published online.

Leach, J. (2013 and 2016) “Are Public Officials Always on the Record? The Case of the Councilor’s Blog,” in “Media Ethics at Work, True Stories from Young Professionals,” by Lee Anne Peck and Guy S. Reel, Sage.

Leach, J. (2012). “ ‘Oil and Water’: The Challenges of Teaching the Combined Law and Ethics Course,” Ethical News, Vol. 16, No.1, published online.

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Leach, J. (2012). “Ideas to Spice Up Your Fall Ethics Syllabus,” Ethical News, Summer 2012, Vol. 15, No. 4, published online.

Leach, J. (2012). “Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach,” invited book review for Teaching Ethics journal, Fall 2012.

Leach, J. and McKenney, M. (2012). “Of Loss and Learning: How Anniversary Coverage Affects Understanding of May 4 1970,” in “Democratic Narrative, History and Memory,” published by Kent State University Press, May 2012. Peer-reviewed and edited. Previous title of this book was “Re-Membering, Framing, Embracing, Revising History” by Kent State University Press.

Leach, J. (2011). “Utilizing Concept Mapping as a Teaching Tool,” Ethical News, Fall 2011, Vo15. No.1, Pg. 1.

Leach, J. (2011). “In digital age, copy editors still uphold journalistic responsibility – Online editors don’t get a pass from ethics concerns,” invited article for American Copy Editors Society online teaching resources, May 3, 2011.

Leach, J. (2011). Using ‘Learning Logs’ to teach ethics, Ethical News, Spring 2011, Vol. 14, No.3, Pg. 3.

Leach, J. (2011). Division launching new teaching resource, Ethical News, Winter 2011, Vol. 14, No. 2, Pg.1.

Leach, J. (2010). ‘Next Ethics?’ Examines digital community, Ethical News, Fall 2010, Vol. 14, No.1, Pg.1.

Gilbert, J. and Leach, J. (2010) Five Take-Aways from the ‘Next Ethics?’ Workshop at Kent State, Poynter Online, Sept. 17, 2010.

Gilbert, J. and Leach, J. (2010) Live blog during Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop, “Next Ethics?”, Poynter Online, Sept. 16, 2010.

Leach, J. and Gilbert, J. (2010). Live Blogging Holovaty, Steiger & Cohen at Kent State Ethics Workshop,” Poynter Online, Sept. 14, 2010.

Leach, J. (2010). “Book review of Things That Make Us [Sic], The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House and the World” in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Vol. 62/2

Leach, J. and Gilbert, J. (2009). Balloon Boy Story Reveals Differences Between Fourth and Fifth Estates, Poynter Online, Oct. 22, 2009.

Leach, J. (2009). Profiles of the New News Consumers,” Poynter Online, Oct. 22, 2009

Leach, J. (2009). Book review of “Editing for Today’s Newsroom” in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Fall-Winter 2009)

Gilbert, J. and Leach, J. (2009) Fifth Estate, Web 3.0 and Three More Online Ethics Lessons for Journalism Students, Poynter Online, Sept. 18, 2009.

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Leach, J. (2009). Archived Live Blog from Poynter/Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, Poynter Online, Sept. 18, 2009.

Leach, J. (2009). “Creating Ethical Bridges from Journalism to Digital News,” Nieman Reports and Niemanreports.org, Fall 2009.

Leach, J. (2009). Balancing News and Family, Young Women Making Career Choices and Women in Community Journalism (three chapters) in Nicholson, June O. (Ed.) “The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press.” University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, Ill.

Leach, J. and Creedon, P. (2009). Women in the Blogosphere in Nicholson, June O. (Ed.) “The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First-Century Press.” University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, Ill.

Leach, J. (2008). Book review of “Tales from the Ethics Trenches” in Journal of Mass Media Ethics, (Volume 23, No. 4)

Leach, J. (2008). “From Summer in St. Pete to a Newsroom Near You,” Poynter Online, June 30, 2008.

Leach, J. (2007). Book reviews of “Covering Politics: A Handbook for Journalists” and “Bad News and Good Judgment: A Guide to Reporting Sensitive Issues in a Small-Town Newspaper” in Journalism and Mass Communication Educator (Volume 62, No. 2.)

Leach, J. Dozens of articles, columns and op-ed pieces published in Akron Beacon Journal written from 1998-2003 while editor of the newspaper. Most dealt with content, news decisions, staff personalities or community events.

CONFERENCE PAPERS “Communicate Unto Others: Examining Technological Challenges for Ethical Communication Across the Discipline,” (third author with Sharma, R. and, Garmon, M.) accepted for presentation at the Eastern Communication Association annual conference, Pittsburgh. April 2013.

“Ethical Issues of Data Digging in Journalism” (co-authored with Gilbert, J.). Refereed paper accepted for juried research presentation, Media Ethics Division of AEJMC at the national convention, St. Louis, Mo. August 2011. (67% acceptance rate)

“Can This Marriage Be Saved? The Love-Hate Relationship between Traditional Media and Citizen Journalism,” (co-author with J. Gilbert). Refereed paper accepted by the Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group of AEJMC for poster session at the national convention, Denver. August 2010. (51% acceptance rate.)

“Ethics and the Future of News: Can Aggregators and Curators Co-Exist with Reporters and Editors?” Invited presenter for Communication Technology and Media Ethics divisions of AEJMC PF&R panel during annual convention, Denver, CO. Panel titled “The Ethics of Technology and Communication.” Aug. 4, 2010.

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PRESENTATIONS Moderator – “The Media Perspective: Covering High-Profile Trials and Legal Issues,” during Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Media and the Law Summit, June 14, 2018

Speaker -- “Be Media Savvy,” Canton (Ohio) League of Women Voters, Plain Township/Stark County, May 8, 2018

Speaker -- “How to Manage Your Brain on Fake News,” Geauga County (Ohio) Democratic Party, Newberry Ohio, May 3, 2018

Keynote – “Media Ethics in the Digital World,” Young Media Leaders Forum, Zayed University, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 19, 2018

“Be Media Savvy – Or, How to Manage Your Brain on Fake News,” Rotary Club, Kent, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2018

Speaker – “Beliefs, Facts and Fake News: Local and Beyond,” Community Forum, First Unitarian Church of Cleveland and Press Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Jan. 21, 2018

Invited Keynote – “Be Media Savvy, It’s More Important Than Ever,” League of Women Voters, Hudson/Summit County chapters, Hudson, Ohio, Dec. 9, 2017

Keynote Speaker – “Be Brilliant, or at Least Savvy, News Consumers,” YWCA of Youngstown Annual Women’s Leadership Conference, Boardman, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2017

Speaker – “Fake or Fact?” Portage County League of Women Voters, Kent, Ohio, Sept. 13, 2017

Moderator and organizer – “Solutions Journalism, Ethics, Advocacy and Community” panel, AEJMC, Chicago, Aug. 10, 2017

Speaker – “Fake or Fact? News Literacy in the Post-Truth Era,” League of Women Voters of Ohio, statewide annual convention, May 6, 2017

Moderator – “Journalism Impact and the 2016 Election,” panel at Ohio News Association statewide convention, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 8, 2017

Panelist – “The 2016 Presidential Election: A Changing Role in the Year of Change,” Press Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, December 2016

Panelist – “Too Big to Fail?” AEJMC, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 6, 2016

Keynote Speaker – “Shrill Life: 10 Surprising Ethics Decisions and What to do When Everyone is Behaving Badly,” League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown Hall of Fame Induction, Youngstown, Ohio, March 29, 2016

Speaker – “Transitions – Being Proactive,” ATHENA Akron leadership forum. Nov. 6, 2015

Panelist – “Online and Digital Media Privacy,” Ohio State Bar Association Law and Media conference, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 16, 2015

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Panelist – “The State of Deception” program on Power of Nazi Propaganda, The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2015

Panelist – “Ethics of Sports Journalism,” for the Media Ethics Division of AEJMC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug. 8, 2014

Presenter – U.S. Speaker and Specialist Program – U.S. Department of State, multiple journalism, ethics and media events in Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai, India. Presentations included classes, talks, interviews, social media chats and more July 4-23, 2014

Panelist – Cleveland International Film Festival Speaker Series, “A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power and Jayson Blair at the New York Times, March 28, 2014

Panelist -- “Eyes Wide Open: This is Media” KSU premiere and panel discussion, Feb. 20, 2014

Moderator – “Ethics and PR: The Good, the Bad and the Very, Very Ugly,” for the Sports Communication Interest Group of AEJMC, Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 2013

Discussion Leader – “The Ethics of Trauma: Teaching What Trauma Means,” for the Media Ethics Division of AEJMC, Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2013

Panelist – “Ethics in a New Media World” for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) tele-training presentation, June 17, 2013. Live online presentation and permanent web archives

Panelist – “The Ethical Journalist” for the Society of Professional Journalists Region 4 annual conference “Journalism 2013: Working it Out.” Dayton, Ohio, April 6, 2013

Speaker – “Credibility and Bias for Student Journalists,” Journalism Day at the Q, Cleveland, OH. March 2013 Presenter – “The Ethics of Reality TV,” for Author Meets the Critics presentation at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics annual conference. San Antonio, Texas, March 2, 2013. Moderator – “The Role of Truth in a Digital, Postmodern World” hot topics panel presentation for the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics annual conference. San Antonio, Texas, March 1, 2013. Presenter – “Teaching the Ethics of Politics” AEJMC Media Ethics Division pre-conference teaching ethics workshop. Chicago, August 2012. Presenter -- Media Ethics Division of AEJMC annual pre-convention Teaching Ethics Workshop titled “Stars and Neurons: Using Celebrities, Entertainment and Brain Science To Teach Ethics,” St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 9, 2011. Panelist and Discussion Leader -- “Your Turn to Make the News.” Presentation and case studies for Leadership Akron Media Day. Akron, Ohio, March 14, 2011. Also January, 2010, January 2009, January 2008, March 2007.

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Presenter and convener -- “Ethics of Data Mining: Media, Privacy and Technology.” Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) annual convention/AEJMC-sponsored panel. Cincinnati, March 4, 2011.

Presenter -- “Everyday Ethics for Emerging Leaders.” Kent State University Center for Student Involvement Emerging Leaders program. KSU, Jan. 31, 2011. Also, 2010, 2009

And “Students Gone Wild,” KSU Center for Student Involvement, Leadership Development series. KSU, January 2007.

Presenter -- “Media, Ethics and Politics in Washington D.C.: The Top Five – Or More – Issues Facing Washington Media This Year.” Washington Program in National Issues preview for students spending a semester in Washington, D.C. KSU, January 2008-present

Presenter -- “Ethics in Public Relations.” PRSA Student Day. Cleveland, Nov. 12, 2010

Fellow and Presenter -- “Hostage Photo Case Study.” Washington and Lee University 50th Institute on Ethics in Journalism. Lexington, Va. Oct. 29-30, 2010

Presenter -- “What’s Ethical in Social Media and Small Business,” the Tannery Business Tools Seminar Series, The Tannery. Kent, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2010

Presenter -- “The Viability of a Stand-Alone Ethics Course as Mass Media Programs Change.” Media Ethics Division, AEJMC annual pre-convention Teaching Ethics Workshop titled “How to Keep Ethics Alive as Institutions Die: Teaching Ethics in a Changing Market.” Denver. Aug. 3, 2010

Panelist -- “Ethics and the Future of News: Can Aggregators and Curators Co-Exist with Reporters and Editors?” AEJMC annual convention, Denver, Aug. 4, 2010

Conference Awardee -- Concept and content of annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop selected for exhibition during the New Media Consortium, international organization that explores use of new media and technologies. Los Angeles, June 6-8, 2010

Presenter -- “Job Hunting Tips & Tricks.” Distance presentation and discussion (via Skype) with participants in the Poynter Summer Fellowship for College Journalists. Kent, OH and St. Petersburg, Fla. May 26, 2010

Panelist -- “May 4, 40 Years Later.” Cleveland Press Club-sponsored panel during 40th anniversary commemoration of campus shootings. Kent, Ohio, May 4, 2010

Moderator and Facilitator -- “How Should Journalists Pursue Objectivity? Lessons from the Adversarial Legal System,” Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). Cincinnati, March 5, 2010

Panelist -- “Phantom Experience: Ethics and Plagiarism.” Toledo chapter of the Public Relations Society of America annual ethics program. Toledo, Oct. 16, 2009

Panelist -- “Get Connected: Digital Media and Your Career.” Presenter at Key Executive Women’s Network and Thompson Hine Spotlight on Women. Cleveland, Sept. 29, 2009

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Panelist -- “Pushing Students Outside Their Comfort Zones: The Challenges of Teaching the Sheltered Student Generation.” AEJMC Media Ethics Division panel. Boston, Aug. 6, 2009

Winner/Presenter -- AEJMC G.I.F.T. (Great Ideas for Teachers) Scholar. Juried competition Poster session presentation of teaching idea called Online Stylebook Scavenger Hunt. Boston, Mass. Aug. 5, 2009. (37% acceptance rate)

Co-author and co-presenter (with M. McKenney) -- “Of Loss and Learning: How Anniversary Coverage Affects Understanding of May 4 1970” for KSU 10th Annual Symposium on Democracy. Only four papers selected for presentation and later inclusion in planned book. KSU, May 5, 2009

Participant -- “How Do You Inspire Someone Entering a Newsroom,” online and later archived chat moderated by Sara Quinn, Poynter Online. St. Petersburg, Fla. April 24, 2009

Chair -- Author Meets the Critics workshop session, examining the book Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice at Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) annual conference. Cincinnati. March 7 2009

Organizer and Facilitator -- “Are We Lost in Cyberspace? Editing, Ethics and End-Users in Online Journalism,” Media Ethics Division panel at AEJMC annual convention. Proposed topic, arranged speakers and facilitated discussion. Chicago. Aug. 8, 2008

Panelist -- AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division teaching panel discussion on teaching copy editing. Original ideas included on “best practices” CD given to attendees. Chicago, Aug. 9, 2008

Speaker/Presenter -- “Copy Editing Ethics in the Online Era,” Florida ACES (American Copy Editors Society), annual statewide conference presentation. St. Petersburg, Fla., June 22, 2008

Keynote Speaker. Summit-Portage League of Women Voters (youth) Leader Institute. Leader Institute Recognition Ceremony for high school girls. Tallmadge, Ohio. March 9, 2008 and March 4, 2007

Discussant -- Author Meets the Critics panel evaluating philosophy book, “Critical Conversations: A Theory of Press Criticism,” Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 22-23, 2008

Speaker -- “Don’t Give Up Your Newspaper Yet: Why You Still Need Mainstream Media,” PEO, women’s philanthropic and educational organization. Akron, Ohio. March 2008 Also, same group, “When Reality Meets Ethics,” Feb. 26, 2007

Analyst/Panelist -- AEJMC annual convention “Hot Topics” panel “Media Coverage of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech: Rising to the Occasion or Sinking to New Lows?” Presentation later broadcast nationwide on C-SPAN several times. Washington, D.C., Aug. 10, 2007

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Speaker -- “Why is Everyone Behaving Badly? Ideas for Ethical Leadership” Leadership Portage County. Kent. March 1, 2007 Also, “How to Make Room for Life’s Dessert When Your Plate is Already Full: Priorities for Professionals,” March 3, 2005 And “How to Cut the Fat from Your Media Diet,” April 1, 2004

Panelist -- “Meeting the Press,” National Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe annual meeting, The Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, Sept. 21, 2006.

Speaker -- “Ethical Challenges in Today’s Business Environment: Or, How to Keep Afloat in a Sea of Ethical Icebergs,” National Association of Purchasing Managers, Akron chapter. Fairlawn, Ohio, May 16, 2006

Moderator -- “High-Stakes Media,” Akron chapter of Public Relations Society of America. Akron, Ohio, Spring 2006

Panelist -- “Getting Good Grads,” Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Regional Conference. Cincinnati. April 2006

Guest Speaker -- “Truth, Whole Truth and Reality in Media,” Stow-Munroe Falls Country Club meeting. Silver Lake, Ohio, March 2006

Keynote Speaker -- Akron Women’s Endowment Fund annual meeting (200 guests). Fairlawn, Ohio, March 2005

Keynote Speaker. Akron Roundtable presentation featuring dual audio sources. More than 400 guests. Akron, Ohio, June, 17 1999

MEDIA EXPOSURE Pending 2018 Interviewed and quoted for new book, “Leading While Female: Women in the News Business,” written by Kristin Gilger and Julia Wallace to be published by Rowman and Littlefield, Fall.

May, 2018 Radio guest: The Sound of Ideas: re: fake news, WCPN-90.3 FM (Cleveland), rebroadcast of Feb. 7 talk show segment, May 2, 2018, see below

April 2018 Radio guest: “The Jasen (CQ) Sokol Show,” WAKR-1590 AM, Akron, on sale of Akron Beacon Journal newspaper and media economics, April 12, 2018

Radio guest: “The Jasen Sokol Show,” WAKR -1590 AM, Akron, on ethics issues related to Sinclair media’s mandated TV promotions, April 2, 2018

April 2018 Quoted: “Spotting ‘fake news’ requires effort,” The (Canton) Repository, April 1, 2018

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March 2018 Quoted: “What is ‘fake news?’,” The (Canton) Repository, March 25, 2018

February 2018 Radio guest: The Sound of Ideas: re: fake news, WCPN-90.3 FM (Cleveland), Feb. 7 Note: This radio talk show segment was rebroadcast on May 2, 2018, see above

Fall 2017 Quoted: “Right on, spelling defenders say,” Crain’s Cleveland Business, Sept. 24.

May 2017 Quoted: “Here’s what you should know about teaching solutions journalism, J-School faculty from across the country weigh in,” Solutions Journalism Network (online), May 15.

April 2017 Interview: PRSA FORUM magazine, re: fake news, April 17.

January 2017 Commentator: The Jasen (CQ) Sokol Show, WAKR-1590 AM, Akron, on the president- elect’s relationship with the press, Jan. 12.

December 2016 Quoted: “Education is key to filtering fake news,” Crain’s Cleveland Business, Dec. 4.

February 2015 Interview subject: The Ron Ponder Show re: Brian Williams, WHBC NewsTalk 1480 Canton, Ohio, Feb. 11.

Interview: The Jasen Sokol Show re: Brian Williams, WAKR-1590 AM, Akron, Feb. 10.

July 2014 Multiple media interviews, stories and social media mentions as part of U.S. State Department Speaker and Specialist Program in four cities in India. Stories appeared in The Hindi, India Today, on television, SPAN magazine, online and more.

Interview: Media paywalls, WAKR-1590 AM, Akron, July 1.

June 2014 Interview: Public corruption and political ethics, WFMJ-TV, Youngstown, Ohio, June 6.

October 2013 Quoted: “The Franklin Affair,” Belt magazine, Cleveland, Oct. 28.

August 2013 Quoted: “JV Superintendent borrows phrases from NY administrator’s message,” The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Aug. 27.

May 2013 Interview: “Media coverage of the Cleveland kidnap victims,” WEWS-TV morning show.

Guest: “The role of social media in coverage of breaking news,” WAKR-1590 AM morning talk show with Ray Horner.

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Spring 2013 Guest: “The Future of Journalism,” WAKR-1590 AM Saturday perspectives show.

January 2013 Interview: “Ohio Rape Allegations Spread Through Social Media,” WKSU-89.7 FM, Jan. 7. February 2013 Quoted: “Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich stays in the public eye as Fox News contributor,” by Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer. Pg. A1, Cleveland, Feb. 18.

December 2012 Quoted: “Nearly 60 Jobs to be Cut at the Plain Dealer,” Ideastream, WCPN-90.3 FM, Cleveland, Dec. 4.

October 2012 Quoted: “Social Media Sites Develop Best Practices Guide for Political Reporting,” WhyCCIKent (CQ) Blog, KSU, Oct. 31.

September 2012 Interview subject: “Journalists focus on honesty in political reporting,” WKSU-89.7 FM. Kent, Sept. 20.

September 2012 Quoted: “Too young to be named?” by Alan Miller for APME News., Sept. 12.

March 2012 Quoted: “School shooting prompts Sounding Board question about naming juveniles,” APME News, March 15.

February 2012 Quoted: “The Stress of Earning Tenure,” Broadcast Beat, Feb.14.

June 2011 Author: Dash cam videos and the public interest, Akron Beacon Journal op-ed piece, June 2.

March 2011 Featured in a book about working mothers, titled Good Enough is the New Perfect, Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, by Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, published by Harlequin Nonfiction.

January 2011 Featured in video interview on WhyCCIKent blog, “Ethics in 100 Words or Less.”

May 2010 Quoted: “Four Days in May, 40 Years Later: Remembering the Kent State Shootings,” story by the Associated Press featured on Yahoo! News.

April 2010 Interviewed: “Plain Dealer Outs High-Profile Poster,” WKSU-89.7 FM. April 13.

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March 2010 Quoted: “Lighting the Way: Leadership for the Future,” online story on Journalism Education Association Student Press Resource Center website. March 16.

December 2010 Quoted: DailyFinance.com article titled “Details Magazine Stirs Up Emotion with Headline Offensive to Gays,” Dec. 16.

November 2009 Author: Op-Ed column in Akron Beacon Journal noting 10th anniversary of the Millennium Fund for Children. Nov. 27.

October 2010 Cited: Referenced in PowerPoint presentation titled “Unfit for Air: Lawmaker Efforts to Silence 9-1-1 Recordings,” presented at the Indiana State University Crime, Media and Popular Culture Studies Conference. Oct. 7.

August 2009 Quoted: “Through their blogs, mothers garner sponsorships along with ads and freebies,” Columbus Dispatch newspaper story discussing ethics of “mommy bloggers,” Aug. 24.

Guest Expert: Montel Across America, Air America radio program discussing controversial PETA billboard in Florida, Aug. 19. (This site no longer exists)

October 2008 Quoted: “Removal of Plain Dealer critic draws worldwide attention,” WKSU-89.7 FM, Oct. 1.

July 2008 Quoted: “Stakes, Expectations Rise as Copy Desks Shrink,” Poynter Online, July 3.

February 2008 Quoted: “Without Ethics, What Do We Have?” The Sound Report, New Rochelle, N.Y. newspaper.

Quoted: “Social Networking Sites, The Pros & Cons of Trolling the Internet for Sources,” Online Quill. January/February 2008.

August 2007 Analyst: Live C-SPAN recording and later rebroadcast of AEJMC annual convention “Hot Topics” panel “Media Coverage of the Tragedy at Virginia Tech: Rising to the Occasion or Sinking to New Lows?” Aug. 10.

Fall 2007 Quoted: “Teaching Journalism in the Digital Age,” Nieman Reports. Sept. 2.

September 2006 National Panelist: “Meeting the Press,” Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe (FOCI Academe) annual meeting, The Cleveland Clinic.”

March 2005 Quoted: “Editing in a Fishbowl,” Poynter Online.

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Quoted: “Having it All,” The American Editor, magazine of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

March 2004 Featured in Akron Women’s History Project.

2002 Chapter subject: Leading by Example book about newsroom management published by The Poynter Institute.

AWARDS and HONORS n AEJMC Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award finalist (winner determined in August), May 2018 n Named “Most Inspirational Woman I Know” by (Canton) Repository Editor R. DesRosiers in “About Stark" Q&A article, March 28, 2018 n University Distinguished Teaching Award, September 2016 n Cincinnati Pro Chapter, SPJ Journalism Hall of Fame inductee, June 2015 n College of Communication and Information Distinguished Teacher, 2014 n Mothers, Mentors & Muses, KSU Women’s Center award, 2012 n Mortar Board (KSU chapter) Certificate of Appreciation, 2006 n One of 100 women honorees for Akron YWCA’s 100th anniversary, 2002 n Crain’s Cleveland Business, “20 Women of Influence,” September 2000 n E&P magazine’s “10 (newspapers) That Do It Right,” May 2000 n Girl Scouts of the Western Reserve recognition award, 2000 n Leadership Akron, Class XV graduate, 1999 n Gannett Supervisor of the Year, 1997 n Valley Leadership (Phoenix), Class XIII graduate, 1992

SERVICE to the PROFESSION n AEJMC Media Ethics Division, chair, 2015-16 n AEJMC Media Ethics Division, vice chair/programming, 2014-15 n AEJMC Media Ethics Division, research chair, 2013-14 n AEJMC, Media Ethics Division, teaching standards chair, 2010, 2011, 2012-13, 2017-18 n AEJMC MED Facebook Educators page, developer and moderator, 2012, 2017-18 n AEJMC MED Teaching Ethics Resources website, developer and host, 2011-present n AEJMC MED coordinator for new travel scholarship for graduate students, 2011 n AEJMC convention paper reviewer, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (including G.I.F.T. context judging) n “Telling the Truth and Nothing But,” contributing author and quoted interviewee for national e-book published by the National Summit to Fight Plagiarism and Fabrication, American Copy Editors Society, April 2013. n Outside reviewer for four academics seeking tenure and/or promotion (at Iona College, New York; Loyola University Chicago; the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln), 2013-15

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SERVICE to the UNIVERSITY n KSU CCI, College Advisory Committee, 2014-present n JMC co-director Graduate Studies, 2016-2018 n CCI Graduate Coordinators Council JMC representative, 2016-18 n CCI literacies task force, 2017 n KSU Educational Policies Committee, CCI representative, 2016-18 n KSU Faculty Ethics Committee, 2012-14 n JMC Scholarship Awards Ceremony announcer, 2017 n Your First Lecture, presentation during Destination Kent State, 2015, 2017 n JMC faculty search committee (D. Finch), 2016 n JMC marketing coordinator search committee (C. Russ), 2015 n CCI “Demystifying the Tenure and Promotion Process” panel, April 3, 2015 n JMC Journalism Sequence Chair, 2012-2014 n Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, director, 2007-present n KSU Faculty Ethics Committee, CCI representative, 2012-present n KSU Destination Kent State “Your First Class” presenter, 2014 and 2015 n JMC Academic Integrity and Assessment Committee, 2012-2014 n JMC “Just in Time” resume training session, April and October 2013, March 2014 n JMC Accreditation Committee, 2007-2008 n JMC director search committee, 2012 n Wrote style guide for JCM Accreditation Self-Study Report, 2008 n Graduate Studies Committee, 2006-2013 n JMC Graduate Faculty, 2006- present n JMC Curriculum Committee, 2007-2010 n JMC Student Media Board alternate, 2006-2013 n JMC High School Diversity Institute instructor, 2005-2007 n Dow Jones Newspaper Fund internship test coordinator, 2006-present n KSU “A” independent, student fashion magazine, adviser, 2011-2013 n KSU Artemis special-interest student magazine, adviser, 2005-2011 n KSU Washington Program in National Issues, session presenter, 2009-present n KSU Center for Student Involvement, Student Leadership Awards Committee and presenter, 2010, 2011, 2012 n KSU Center for Student Involvement, Leadership Development speaker, 2008-2011 n Journalism Association of Ohio Schools, workshop leader, 2005-2007 n Northern Ohio Scholastic Press Association instructor, 2004-2007 n American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), High School Journalism Institute (newspaper advisers’ workshop), 2001-04, 2006-13 n Ohio Newspaper Association Hooper Awards judge, 2004-2016 n Columbus Dispatch (in-house) EDDIE Awards judge, 2011

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SERVICE to the COMMUNITY n Millennium Fund for Children, trustee, 1999-present n Power of the Pen, regional competition, Our Lady of the Elms School, 2015, 2017 n Beacon Journal Charity Fund, board of directors, 2001-2014 n Beacon Journal Charity Fund, secretary of the board, 2007-2014 n Women’s Endowment Fund, Akron, fund-raising publicity committee, 2012 n Women’s Endowment Fund, annual meeting committee, 2008 n Junior Leadership Akron Philanthropy Day, presenter, 2015 n Junior Leadership Akron Media Day co-chair, 2005 & 2006 n United Way of Summit County, disbursement committee, 2003-2006 n Leadership Akron, board of directors, 2000-2003 n Leadership Akron, featured alum, 2010 n Leadership Akron, Media Day presenter, 2007-2012 n Leadership Akron, Media Day co-chair, 1999-2003 n Girl Scout Troop #760 co-leader, 2003-2006 n St. Hilary Parish Foundation, newsletter writer and editor, 2005-13 n Order Sons of Italy, Akron Lodge 685, scholarship committee, 2005-2012, 2014, 2015

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and ASSOCIATIONS n Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Media Ethics Division chair, 2015-16 n AEJMC Media Ethics Division, vice chair/programming, 2014-15 n AEJMC Media Ethics Division, research chair, 2013-14 n AEJMC Media Ethics Division teaching standards chair, 2010, 2011, 2012-13, 2017-18 n Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, member, 2005 – present n AEJMC Find an Ethics Expert, 2007 – present n Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), member, 2006-present n American Society of News Editors, member, 1998-2011 n Society of Professional Journalists, member, 1977-present n Akron Press Club, Board or Directors 2014-present and 2001-2003 n Akron Press Club, member 1998-present n Cleveland Press Club, member 2016-18 n Associated Press Managing Editors, 1994-2003 n Associated Press Managing Editors, Board member, 1997-2000 n Associated Press Managing Editors, Convention Program chair, 1999 n Associated Press Managing Editors, Newsroom Management Committee chair, 1997 n Cleveland Press Club, member, 2000-03 n Queen City Society of Professional Journalists, 1980-88, 1995-98 n Associated Press Society of Ohio, past board member, 1994-98 n Arizona Press Club, 1990-93

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