Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium
I’d like to thank Katy Sword for her informative article about the Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium (“New media changes traditional news ethics”). I’m writing to provide additional background about the symposium’s origins.
In explaining the rationale for the symposium, I neglected to mention the roles of Skip and Doug Oppenheimer, whose commitment to ethics in journalism, law and business led to this event. Skip, a 1968 University of Idaho graduate in history, and Doug, a 1974 graduate in journalism, were major supporters of this program to spotlight ethical challenges in the digital age.
The School of Journalism and Mass Media worked closely with the College of Business and Economics, the College of Law and the UI Boise Center in planning the symposium. Our co-sponsors included the Idaho Press Club, Idaho Public Television, the Idaho Statesman and the Idaho Business Report.
Finally, the Idaho Humanities Council provided support for a grant to bring our keynote speaker, Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab at American University. Her talk, along with other symposium sessions, can be viewed on Idaho Public Television’s website: http://idahoptv.org/leglive/archive.cfm#oppenheimer
Kenton Bird
UI School of Journalism and Mass Media
Director Make a difference
Saturday, Oct. 22, was a Make A Difference Day sponsored by ASUI. Ten University of Idaho students came out to the Troy Community Garden to help us clean up vegetative matter, pull weeds, haul and spread manure and get it ready for winter. It was an overcast morning, then it began to seriously rain, but the students continued on until they were cold, muddy and drenched. Thank you all so much for your intrepid spirits and enthusiastic willingness. Your labor is a wonderful gift to our communities. We look forward to seeing some of you again in the spring when it’s time to wake up the community garden for another productive season. Congratulations to Elizabeth, the team leader, and others who graduate in December. We wish you all the very best. Sue Westervelt
Manager
Troy Community Garden