Monthly Archives: March 2015

Kimberly Dozier, author of Breathing the Fire, former CBS journalist, and current Daily Beast journalist, spoke earlier this week about her time in Iraq during the Foster-Foreman conference. Situation Definition: The ethical issues that were brought up during this conference … Continue reading →

Kimberly Dozier put her life on the line to bring her audience a first hand, accurate account of the Iraq War and was injured in doing so. To live up to the ethical standards of a journalist, she had to … Continue reading →

Reflection on Oweida Lecture 1. Situation Definition Kathleen Carroll, executive editor of the Associated Press, gave her presentation in Kern Auditorium on March 18 about journalism ethics. She mainly focused the ethical issue in terms of photojournalism. According to Carroll, photos are … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: At Kimberly Dozier’s lecture, she mostly spoke about her time as a Journalist in Iraq. She began the lecture speaking about her time recovering from her injuries that were the result of a car bombing she was a … Continue reading →

Part 1: Situation Definition The lecture with Kimberly Dozier was a great experience. Dozier was covering the war in Iraq from 2003 until 2006 until she was injured in a car tragic bombing. Dozier underwent more than two dozen major … Continue reading →

Blog 3 – Do photos lie? by Cody Grohotolski Part 1: Situation definition After a brief introduction Kathleen Carroll took the stage Wednesday as she was the elected speaker of the 2015 Oweida lecture. She began the speech discussing topics … Continue reading →

Dozier facilitates discussion on ethics of embedded reporting By Darian Somers Situation defintion Earlier this week, former CBS journalist and now Daily Beast journalist Kimberly Dozier spoke at the Foster-Foreman Conference. In the talk she discussed two main ethical issues. … Continue reading →

Blog 3: Writing Conference Discusses Rape Culture and Military Coverage by Jane Mientkiewicz Situation Definition: At the 2015 Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers, speakers Caitlin Flanagan and Kimberly Dozier spoke on issues that are relevant and require ethical judgement. Caitlin Flanagan, … Continue reading →

Jordan Berk Fighting to survive Journalism Kimberly Dozier spoke sincerely about her time in Iraq during the Foster Foreman Conference this week. She started by reading excerpts from her new book Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Survive. She told us … Continue reading →

Carroll Distinguishes Between Truth and Accuracy in Photojournalism Situation Definition On March 18, I attended Penn State’s N.N. Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics, presented this year by Kathleen Carroll, the executive editor of the Associated Press. Carroll used multiple photojournalism … Continue reading →

After watching Kimberly Dozier talk about how she dealt with symptoms of post traumatic strees disorder (PTSD), it made one thing very clear to me; it is incredibly easy to get PTSD as a journalist. After realizing this I began … Continue reading →

The Oweida Outlook Situation Definition: Two main issues that were discussed in the Oweida lecture included the concept of photojournalism and how what is captured can distort our views on how we process a situation versus the reality, and how … Continue reading →

Kristopher Gross Oweida Lecture After attending the Oweida lecture and contemplating what I had heard, I realized that I hadn’t necessarily left the presentation having learned anything new altogether, but rather I had left with more knowledge and different perspectives … Continue reading →