Monthly Archives: March 2017

In the speech delivered by Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian, she discusses ethical issues with working in America as a minority as well as the media stereotyping against minorities and how it affects the attitudes of the viewers.  Two issues were brought … Continue reading →

Dr. Mara Einstein Introduction   Dr. Mara Einstein, a former executive at MTV and MTV, gave a lecture titled: Black Ops Advertising—The Corporate Creation of Fake News. Being a former executive not only at MTV and NBC, but also at … Continue reading →

Marty Baron once mentioned about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in his Oweida Lecture. Occurred in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, Adam Lanza killed his mother at home and then drove to the school and shot 20 children and 6 … Continue reading →

Marty Baron, Washington Post editor, spoke to the Penn State students and faculty on ethical issues concerning today’s journalism and media. Baron centered his speech around the general idea that either we are bad at listening or we don’t want … Continue reading →

Last week, Marty Baron, the editor of the Washington Post gave a lecture at Penn State discussing reporting in today’s modern age. Throughout his hour long lecture, Baron covered the importance of journalism today. Baron discussed the ethical issues we … Continue reading →

As an editor for a paper as significant as the Washington Post, Marty Baron has been put in an interesting position over the past few months.  With this year’s election cycle we’ve witnessed a near-unprecedented shift in the court of … Continue reading →

Marty Baron, executive editor of the Washington Post, brought up two important principles in his speech. Two issues that the press is facing today is listening and “shutting up.” With this year marking a new presidency and the Trump administration … Continue reading →

On Thursday, March 23rd, Penn State graduate and current vice president of SHIFT public relations in New York city, Alan Marcus, spoke to students about FCC compliance in public relations and what the do’s and don’ts are. His main topic … Continue reading →

Marty Baron, Washington Post editor, spoke to the Penn State community regarding ethical issues within the media. Baron heavily stated that one of the issues is a lack of listening. Not only a lack of listening when on the job … Continue reading →

After listening to the Bornstein lecture about compliance in public relations, the two main topics that I was able to discern were the lack of disclosure with advertising and the occasionally dangerous rise of social media and the way both … Continue reading →

On March 21st, Washington Post editor Marty Baron spoke to Penn State students about Donald Trump as president, and how he is impacting journalists, as well as the news industry at large. In Baron’s speech, he discussed that Trump has … Continue reading →

Susan Athey, who is the Economics of technology Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, gave a lecture on “The impact of the Internet on the News Media”.  She touched on many issues in her lecture about his issue.  … Continue reading →

The Ben Bronstein Lecture in Ethics and Public Relations is an event which is aimed at supporting ethics-related events as a part of the core mission of Penn State’s College of Communications. Ben Bronstein earned his Penn State degree, in … Continue reading →

Alan Marcus, the senior vice president of SHIFT, and award-winning public relations practitioner, touched on important ethical issues in his lecture. Two of the problems in brand marketing today are disclosure and credibility. With the increased use of social media … Continue reading →