Monthly Archives: March 2015

          Situation definition :   Catilan Flangan, who is a writer has spoken about issues concerning fraternities In West Virginia and other states. She stressed the importance of the acting unethically. A lot has been going … Continue reading →

Ebony Thomas Situation Definition This past week I was able to attend the Foster Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers, specifically Kimberly Dozier’s speaking engagement. The Author of Breathing Fire recounts her time as an embedded journalist during the Iraq war … Continue reading →

Part 1. Situation Definition Throughout Kimberly Dozier’s presentation and her Q + A session, two very important ethical issues stuck out at me: Dozier’s struggle with reporting methods and capturing every angle of a two-sided war, as well as the … Continue reading →

FLANAGAN TALKS FRATS BY CASEY DAWES Caitlin Flanagan is a renowned author, who spoke at the Foster-Foreman conference held at the State Theater here in State College, on Tuesday night. She highlighted on fraternities and the bad light they have … Continue reading →

  Situation Definition The executive editor of the Associated Press, Kathleen Carroll, presented the Oweida Lecture in journalism ethics especially the ethics code of photojournalism today, which introduced to us many interesting cases and the experiences of photojournalists in the … Continue reading →

Oweida Lecture: Photos Don’t Lie…Do They? Situation Definition: The executive editor of the world’s largest news organization, Kathleen Carroll has seen many photos come across her desk during her career at the Associated Press. However, great journalism does not occur … Continue reading →

Situation Definition The first ethical issue that Dozier’s speech brought to me is the difficulty to report fairly. In her case, she was into the war zone together with the U.S. army. This situation made them friends to some extent, … Continue reading →

The Foster-Foreman conference has brought talented writers to Penn State for years, 2015 was no different. Caitlin Flanagan spoke to the State Theatre Tuesday night and raised some important questions. One of Flanagan’s best pieces was on the duel nature … Continue reading →

Part 1. Situational Definition Kimberly Dozier, former CBS News correspondent has been through it all. She is an accomplished writer, author, correspondent, and most importantly survivor. It’s funny because we often overlook the importance of news reporters and correspondents. These … Continue reading →

Kimberly Dozier, a journalist who formerly worked for CBS News that was wounded on the job during the war in Iraq, spoke about her story to a room full of locals and communications students on March 25.  She shared excerpts … Continue reading →