By Rebecca Baker Controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked impassioned discussion at The Deadline Club’s spring free speech panel, framing a debate that again made headlines a few weeks later when two gunmen targeted an anti-Islam art exhibit in Texas on May 3, and were shot dead. The club’s March 29 event, called […]
Updated! First Amendment Freedom vs. Ethical Restraint in a Fast-Changing Media Landscape Should news outlets report stolen information like Sony’s hacked files, or duplicate images such as Mohammed drawings that inflame to the point of murder? At what point does the freedom to report and to express ourselves collide with other obligations? Or does it ever? […]
On January 7, 2015, SPJ President Dana Neuts shared a statement in regards to the attack against the staff of French publication Charlie Hebdo and global threats against freedom of speech. The Deadline Club fully supports her official statement as follows: INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists is angered by today’s attack on French […]
