Invited Lectures and Speeches

“The Status of American Journalism.” Invited lecture, China Future Leadership Project, Stanford University, August 3, 2007.

 “The Study of Journalism and the Education of Journalists.”  Keynote lecture, “Communication Research in Israel: Institutions, Histories and Heresies,” Smart Family Institute of Communications, Department of Communication and Journalism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, December 24, 2006.

“On the Importance of a Structurally Diverse Press.” Invited plenary speech, “Public Spheres and Their Boundaries, University of Tampere, Finland, May 25, 2006.

“Do Journalists Need an Education in Journalism?” Invited lecture, Institute of Communication Research, Seoul National University, and Graduate School of Mass Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, March 28, 2006.

“Ethics and Eloquence in Journalism: What It Means to Take Accountability Seriously.” Invited lecture, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, October 2, 2005.

“Cultivating Criticism In and About the Press.” Presidential Address, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, August 2, 2003.

“Freedom of the Press and the Politics of Consensus.” Invited lecturer as the Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, September 12, 2002. 

“Accountability in Journalism: What’s Missing, What’s Needed.” Fifth Annual David Norton Memorial Lecture, University of Delaware, April 11, 2000. 

“Ethics and Eloquence in Journalism: A Study of the Demands of Press Accountability.” Invited lecture, Graduate Program in Media and Communications, London School of Economics, November 11, 1999; and the Center for Communication and Information Studies, University of Westminster, London, November 24, 1999.

“The Real Reason People Read–or Don’t Read–Newspapers.”  Invited lecture, Western Washington Stanford Association and the Stanford Alumni Association, Asian Art Museum, Seattle, April 27, 1999.

“Investigative Reporting: Custodians of Whose Conscience?”  Invited talk at a workshop on “Journalists: Custodians or Catalysts for the Community,” sponsored by the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and Investigative Reporters and Editors, Baltimore, April 10, 1999.

"The Nature of News."  Invited lecture, Community Leadership San Jose, San Jose, California, January 15, 1998.

"The Politics of News and News of Politics."  Invited lecture, Stanford University Alumni Association, Stanford University, October 1996.

"Journalism and Democracy." Invited lecture, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, July 5, 1996.

"Scandal Journalism: Reporting the Facts and Disregarding the Truth."  Invited lecture, Stanford Club of Nashville, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, May 5, 1998.

"Public Journalism and Democratic Ideals."  Invited lecture, The Ethics Center, University South Florida, St. Petersburg, January 31, 1996.

"Playing With the News: Revisiting Stephenson's Theory of Newsreading." Featured speaker, 11th International Conference on Subjectivity, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 13, 1995.

“Communicative Ethics and the Aim of Accountability in Journalism."  Annual Journalism Ethics Institute Lecture, Washington and Lee University, March 24, 1995.

"Reporting on Values." Keynote lecture, national conference on The Reporting of Ethics and the Ethics of Reporting, sponsored by the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, and the Annenberg Washington Program, Crystal City, Virginia, March 4, 1995.

"Media and Morality."  Invited lecture, Department of Communication, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July 6, 1994.

"Media Ethics in an Era of Media Competition." Invited lecture, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, January 2, 1994.

"Norms of Professional Conduct Among Journalists." Invited lecture, Department of Media, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 1, 1993; sponsored by the United States Information Agency.

"Mass Media in the United States: An Overview."  Invited lecture, Department of Political Science, Panteion University, Athens, Greece, March 30, 1993; sponsored by the United States Information Agency.

"Journalism and the Crafting of Public Morality."  Invited lecture, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 21, 1992.

"Criteria for a Free and Responsible Press."  Keynote lecture, College of the Bahamas, Nassau, the Bahamas, February 28, 1990; sponsored by the United States Information Agency.

"Press Freedom and Responsibility." Invited lecture, Press Association of Jamaica, Kingston, February 26, 1990; sponsored by the United States Information Agency.

"The Morality of Investigative Journalism."  Keynote lecture, Midwest Spring Colloquium, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, April 30, 1988.

Press Freedom and Accountability." Keynote speaker and panel moderator, Community Leadership Academy, Lakewood Community College, St. Paul, April 28, 1988.

Keynote speaker, Media Ethics Forum, Towson State University, Towson, Maryland, February 24, 1988.

"The Press and the Political Economy of Health Care."  A talk sponsored by the University of Minnesota Student Committee On Biomedical Ethics Symposium on "Ethics and Economics of Health Care," February 27-28, 1987.

"Freedom of Speech and Political Marketing:  The Media's Role in Shaping Political Images."  A talk to the YMCA's "Ethical Leadership Seminar," November 22, 1986.

"The Ethics of Surreptitious Taping."  A talk to the 11th Annual Institute on the Ethics of Journalism, Washington and Lee University, March 1985.