Journalists deserve safe and fair environments to do their best work, and that’s a leadership responsibility. Excited to support the education of the next generation of journalists with the launch of ethicalnewsleadership.org The Press Forward TEXAS Moody.

I teach leadership. This is both wonderful and meaningful on myriad levels. Kathleen McElroy Karen M. Pensiero UT Austin TEXAS Moody The Press Forward Brian Stelter ethicalmedialeadership.org/the-center-for…

🪧Media workers are systematically attacked in the course of their professional duties during protests of all kinds. As part of the #HereToReport campaign, today we're sharing various #MapMF statistics related to journalists who find themselves covering protests & demonstrations.

"You may have heard 'trauma-informed' in health care, education and, more recently, journalism," writes Naseem Miller. "... being trauma-informed means recognizing that trauma is common and people may have experienced serious trauma in their lives." bit.ly/3KFEHiz

Thank you so much, craig newmark, for your support of our mission and this critical work for the future of journalism.

We can't solve a problem we can't see. We are honored to join Sisi Wei and OpenNews as a signatory to this effort. Ethical leaders disclose their diversity data to create transparency and trust.

Today, our team ventured to Austin to brief news leaders, scholars and students about the "ethical leadership in newsrooms" curriculum project. The first time to see our TEXAS Moody partners in person since 2020, it was a moving and impactful discussion. ethicalnewsleadership.org

"News leaders ... must come together to talk about the problem in the industry through shared data and encourage media writers to more frequently examine the issue." evoke.org/articles/2021/…

An invaluable interviewing tip I picked up a while back: we often have to take people to very dark places — the worst memories of their life — but we should never leave them there. Find a way to bring them back before you walk out the door or hang up the phone.

“Social media in this context is really a proxy for newsroom culture,” Mr. Barr said. “We have work to do to shore up a sense of trust and civility within our newsroom,” he added. nytimes.com/2022/06/17/bus…

"Some reporters can build a career around their own personal brands. But doing great work requires an infrastructure, including a lot of talented people who don’t get bylines." Nieman Reports niemanlab.org/2022/06/all-th…

I’ve always maintained that, in legacy media, we still have a long way to go before male & female employees are treated equally. Gender inequality, like some types of racism, is rarely overt in our industry; thus, it can be difficult to prove w/even concrete evidence. 28/

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"Almost five years since the #MeToo went viral, new data from the Pew Research Center finds that most Americans believe that the movement has made it more likely that people would be held accountable for workplace sexual harassment and assault." 19thnews 19thnews.org/2022/09/me-too…

Bullying at work — why it happens, what can be done. "To overcome the inertia that rewards bullying requires organizations 'to give teeth to zero-tolerance' and mechanisms that are not reliant on institutions self-reporting abuse..." ft.com/content/4e76bf…

Whistleblower protections and the rights of the journalists that amplify their voices are vital in every industry, far beyond Hollywood. Without them, predators like Harvey Weinstein and others brought to account by #MeToo would have continued unchecked. hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

At a workshop on leadership development for the board of LION Publishers, hosted by Center for Ethical Leadership in Media, we explored building trust, teamwork, nonprofit governance. An inspiring group impacting the future of media!