Teaching Media Ethics: Integrating Ethics Across the Mass Communication Curriculum - Paperback

by The Aej The Aejmc Media Ethics Division (Author), Nicole Kraft (Editor), Kathleen Bartzen Culver (Editor)

Filled with classroom-tested strategies to integrate ethics into all media courses, this book is an essential resource for all mass communication instructors. Part of the AEJMC Master Class series, the book gathers expert authors to share decades of teaching experience to help teachers prepare students for ethical media careers.

Author Biography

Nicole Kraft spent 25 years working as an award-winning journalist, as well as in professional sports and political communication before joining the Ohio State School of Communication in 2010. As an associate professor of clinical communication, she teaches Media Writing and Editing, Sports Journalism, Sports Media Relations, Feature Writing and Media Law and Ethics. In 2022 Nicole was honored with Ohio State's Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Journalism Educators of America's Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award. In 2015 Kraft was inducted as an Apple Distinguished Educator and in 2022 she was inducted into the Ohio State Academy of Teaching.

Kathleen Bartzen Culver is the James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics, an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Long interested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public interest communication, Culver integrates research, teaching and service to advance integrity in media. She also studies
free expression, especially in campus contexts. She serves as visiting faculty for the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and was the founding editor of PBS MediaShift's education section. Culver's teaching portfolio includes media law, ethics, mass media practices and multimedia design. In 2021, she was named the Scripps Howard Journalism Teacher of the Year.