Kent State University - School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Whose rules? Panels, speakers ponder ethics standards for bloggers

Media professionals, faculty, students gather at Kent JMC to debate rules for online Web loggers

Our take:

Here's the blogged version of five sessions over seven hours.

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The conference was one of the most 'wired' in KSU history, with live blogging, streaming video and Twittering. The Co-Lab's Amanda Kelley has the story.

Interviews with the experts

Tory Harbro (left) was interviewed on BSR by Amanda Kelley.

Co-Lab students interviewed speakers at the ethics conference. The Orlando Sentinel's Tory Hargro chats with Amanda Kelley after being interviewed live on Black Squirrel Radio. (Photo by Michael Critton) Click the PLAY button below.

And, Brock Harrington went one on one with blogging guru Jay Rosen of New York University. Watch it

Key Sessions

The two main morning sessions asked

Has the blogosphere ruined journalism?

Should there be ethical standards for bloggers?

Keynote Speech: Jay Rosen

"If blogging had no ethics, blogging would have failed, but it didn't, so let's get a clue"

Jay Rosen

Jay Rosen, creator of pressthink.org and professor at New York University, gave the keynote lunch speech. Read about it

More: Rosen talks about blogs, tweets and links in an exclusive video interview.

Break Out Sessions

Conference session on social media.

That's all there is. There ain't no more

Overall photo of wrap up session.

Participants paused at end of busy day to talk about what they learned. Our reporter gives her take on the session.

Photos on this page by Trevor Ivan and Fred Endres

Coverage of the JMC-Poynter Conference on Ethics is provided by the Collaborative Online Producing class: Joe Harrington, Amanda Kelley, Kristine Gill, Chris Gates, Christina Stavale, Trevor Ivan and Ashleigh Klinger; Fred Endres, instructor.