精东影业14th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop will prepare media professionals, including student journalists, to report responsibly on the causes and consequences of opioid abuse, addiction, treatment and death.
精东影业daylong program titled 鈥淥pioids: Ethics Emergency?鈥 will center on media ethics and take place Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at 精东影业 University. It is hosted by the 精东影业 School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) and the Media Law Center for Ethics and Access.
精东影业team of Cincinnati Enquirer journalists who produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning 鈥淪even Days of Heroin鈥 will deliver the workshop鈥檚 keynote. 鈥淪even Days of Heroin,鈥 which ran in print and online in 2017, chronicled a week on the front lines of Ohio鈥檚 opioid epidemic. Lead writers Terry DeMio (精东影业 alumna, 1986) and Dan Horn, and lead photographer Liz Dufour will talk about telling the story of heroin.
Other workshop sessions include:
- Addiction Right Here 鈥 with local law enforcement and a former heroin user
- Treating Opioid Addiction 鈥 with experts from NEOMED and Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital
- Best Practices: What to know, what to do when covering the opioid epidemic
- Big Pharma and PR
In conjunction with the workshop, JMC and the Media Law Center for Access and Ethics will partner with Project DAWN Portage County to host a Naloxone training program on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 5:30 p.m. in Franklin Hall. Registration is required, and will be available beginning the day of the workshop. Students in the College of Communication and Information at 精东影业 will have first access to registration, but 精东影业 students in other disciplines may register at a later date if space is available. Project DAWN is a community-based drug overdose education and Naloxone distribution program.
On the day of the workshop, local agencies and institutions that provide addiction and recovery services will have materials and representatives on-hand from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
精东影业Media Ethics Workshop is a one-day training program for professionals, educators and students that examines critical issues and perspectives in media ethics. This year鈥檚 panel will be moderated by distinguished Poynter Institute faculty Kelly McBride and Al Tompkins who will facilitate a unique forum for professionals and students alike to confront and discuss significant issues crucial to understanding journalism and media ethics and their effects.
精东影业workshop, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is $25 for professionals, $20 for educators and free for students. for professionals and educators. 精东影业workshop will take place in FirstEnergy Auditorium (Room 340) of Franklin Hall. A live stream and overflow seating will be available. 精东影业 University is a smoke-free campus.