The Journalism and the Public: Restoring the Trust project officially began last week with a Restoring the Trust symposium at Kennesaw State University and the announcement of an Ethics and Excellence in Journalism grant to make the project possible. However, as we move forward there is this nagging issue: Are we, in talking about Restoring [...]
Christopher Rabb of the weblog Afro-Netizen writes in part:
We must blog while Black. It is not a fad or a luxury; it is our civic responsibility to do so. And to abdicate this duty, is to succumb to the dangerous mythology that Blackfolk must wait for our next messenger from above, all the while not [...]
This from Wednesday’s Steve Outing column at Poynter Online:
A Newspaper Blog for Transparency
Here’s another innovation from the Ventura County Star in California: a new blog by assistant managing editor for new media and technology John Moore that offers a daily peek into the decision-making process that goes into story choices for the front page (and [...]
Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm, wants a new code of ethics for public relations firms. In reaction to the Armstrong Williams case, he writes in his blog:
Here are a few elements of such a code of conduct:
1) No Pay for Play–No payment to a journalist [...]
Peggy Noonan has an opinion piece, complete with perdictions, in the Wall Street Journal in defense of the blogosphere’s intrusion on mainstream journalism.
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.