Online Ethics: A Poynter Critical Issues Conference: Participants

By: Meg Martin

January 25, 2007

In August 2006, Poynter gathered a team of leading online journalists (below) to discuss the ethical issues surrounding their work. The affliliations listed reflect the participants’ jobs at the time of the conference. The group created a set of guidelines for doing ethical journalism on the Web. Add your own thoughts to our Online Ethics wiki at http://poynter.editme.com/ethicsonline.

Read more about the conference in Bob Steele’s article, “Helter Skelter no More: An Evolving Guidebook for Online Ethics.”

Mike Arrieta-Walden [bio] Senior Editor for Online The Oregonian	Jim Brady [bio] Executive Editor The Washington Post
Thomas Brew Executive Editor MSNBC.com	Neil Budde Executive Producer & General Manager, Yahoo! News Yahoo! Inc.
Robert Cox [bio] President Media Bloggers Association	Eric Deggans [bio] Media & TV Critic St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
Lea Donosky Interactive Editor The Atlanta Journal-Constitution	Howard Finberg [bio] Director, Interactive Learning The Poynter Institute/NewsU
Jeremy Gilbert [bio] Design Editor The Poynter Institute	Vanessa Goodrum [bio] Interactive Learning Producer, NewsU The Poynter Institute
Tom Heslin [bio] Managing Editor for New Media The Providence Journal	Mark Hinojosa AME Electronic News Chicago Tribune
Bruce Koon [bio] Executive News Editor McClatchy Interactive	Meg Martin [bio] Associate editor, Poynter Online The Poynter Institute
Kelly McBride [bio] Ethics Group Leader The Poynter Institute	Joe Michaud President MaineToday.com
Bill Mitchell [bio] Editor, Poynter Online The Poynter Institute	Christine Montgomery Director of Electronic Publishing St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
Theresa Moore Executive Producer, Online WTSP-TV (Tampa Bay, Fla.)	Kurt Muller Managing Editor, cnn.com CNN
Rich Murphy Senior Web Producer WTTG-Fox 5 (Washington, D.C.)	Sharon Prill Vice President of Interactive Media & Marketing Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Journal Interactive
Sharon Rosenhause [bio] Managing Editor South Florida Sun-Sentinel	Dennis Ryerson Editor The Indianapolis Star
Joel Sappell Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Editor/Interactive Los Angeles Times	Bob Steele [bio] Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values The Poynter Institute
Pat Stiegman Editor, espn.com ESPN	Butch Ward [bio] Distinguished Fellow The Poynter Institute
Steve Yelvington [bio] Internet Strategist Morris Communications	Elaine Zinngrabe [bio] Publisher Times Community News

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Meg Martin

Meg Martin was last year's Naughton Fellow for Poynter Online. She spent six weeks in 2005 in Poynter's Summer Program for Recent College Graduates before…

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