Monthly Archives: October 2018

Situational definition: On Wednesday night in Schwab Auditorium, John Eligon was invited to speak at the Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers. He is a national correspondent for The New York Times and he covered a lot of events on issues … Continue reading →

Situational Definition John Eligon, a pulitzer prize winning journalist who writes for the New York Times, spoke at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Foster-Foreman distinguished writers series. I would like to look at the ethical issues that come … Continue reading →

Situation Definition Two main issues that brought intense ethical messages from Jay Crawford’s speech were the issues of social media awareness and women in sports media. Crawford spoke at length about both topics as he gave students advice on how … Continue reading →

Last week I had the opportunity to see John Eligon, a New York Times National Correspondent, speak about covering race relations in the United States and the political climate of our nation. Many things about Mr. Eligon’s lecture stood out … Continue reading →

Introduction: Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Blackmon discussed his experiences as a war journalist during his career. Blackmon told plentiful of stories about his experiences during his time covering the war in Yugoslavia, and his experiences covering the BP oil spill. … Continue reading →

John Eligon: The trap of news framing, unrepresentative sources, and personal blogging             John Eligon is covers the race beat for the New York Times, traveling the country and globe looking for cases of racial … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: The Foster-Foreman lecture that stuck with me the most was John Eligon, a national correspondent, who covers race issues for the New York Times. Eligon has covered events like police violence protests and the Boston Marathon bombing, along … Continue reading →

John Eligon, a highly esteemed reporter for the New York Times since 2005, spoke regarding his role covering the subject of race in today’s journalism. His guest lecture at Penn State focused on a number of different topics, and included … Continue reading →

Doug Blackmon spoke on October 25, 2018, in the Freeman Auditorium, as he took part in the Foster-Foreman Conference. Blackmon initially spoke about his connection to both Foster and Foreman, and how he actually idolized them, so it was clearly … Continue reading →

Ethical Journalistic Endeavors with John Eligon John Eligon, a national correspondent for The New York Times, touched on multiple topics that discussed the ethical integrity of journalists, specifically his own treatment as a black journalist and the importance of including … Continue reading →