UW-Madison’s Center on Journalism Ethics concluded its fourth annual conference by awarding the first ever Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics Friday.
This year’s ethics conference examined electoral reporting and the impact of election coverage on democracy in an increasingly partisan media world. Sessions throughout the day focused on political advertising, fact-checking and social media.
The day culminated with a tribute to recently deceased journalist from The New York Times and UW alumnus Anthony Shadid, and the presentation of the first ever Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics to Steve Lovejoy, editor of Racine’s Journal Times.
The award, formerly called the Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award, recognizes journalists whose work demonstrates dedication to ethical reporting principles.
Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, died while covering the conflict in Syria earlier this year. He was a member of the Center’s advisory board, as well as a 1990 UW-Madison graduate and former editor at The Daily Cardinal.
