The Payne Awards will be held on May 14, 2010, at the George S. Turnbull center in Portland, Ore., from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. People interested in attending the event should contact Kathleen Larson at the School of Journalism and Communication, klarson@uoregon.edu. Registrants can attend the Payne Awards as well as the Hulteng Conversation in Ethics conference, which will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
This year's winners are freelance writer Scott Carney and Farnaz Fassihi, senior Middle East reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Both journalists went to great lengths to immerse themselves in their stories and sought to help the reader truly understand the people they were writing about. They are both winners in the individual category.
Carney is being recognized for his story "Meet the Parents," which was published in Mother Jones magazine in March 2009. He became an active participant in the story of a young Indian boy who was kidnapped from his family and sold through corrupt adoption agencies and other intermediaries to an American family. Carney was the first individual to contact the family in the United States and engaged on a personal level with both the family and the story.
Fassihi was nominated for her coverage of the crisis following the elections in Iran. Despite the fact that she was covering news in an emotionally charged and dangerous environment, she was able to add a human element to her reporting. The Payne judges recognized the risk of reporting this news to tell compelling human stories of the crisis in Iran.
Tom Bivins, John L. Hulteng Chair of Media Ethics, said: "[The goal of the Payne Awards] is to recognize not just good journalism, but good journalism that contains an ethical component along with an indication of active ethical decision making. It's not just about doing the right thing. It's about recognizing that there is an ethical problem and working conscientiously through the process."
Winners can be selected for one of three categories: News Organization, Individual and Collegiate Media. Winners are not necessarily awarded in every category each year.
A panel of judges including members of both the press and academia present the award annually to journalists who exemplify ethical reporting practices. Since 1999, the award has recognized journalists throughout the nation who inspire public trust in the media by demonstrating integrity in their journalistic practices.
Judges for the 2010 Payne Awards were University of Oregon Professor Tom Bivins; Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor of The Oregonian; Joann Byrd, retired Editorial page Editor for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Everette Dennis, Professor/Area Chair for Communications and Media Management and Director for the Center for Communications at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business; Mark Zusman, Editor of Willamette Week; and Tim Gleason, Edwin L. Artzt Dean and Professor at the University of Oregon.
This year's winners are freelance writer Scott Carney and Farnaz Fassihi, senior Middle East reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Both journalists went to great lengths to immerse themselves in their stories and sought to help the reader truly understand the people they were writing about. They are both winners in the individual category.
Carney is being recognized for his story "Meet the Parents," which was published in Mother Jones magazine in March 2009. He became an active participant in the story of a young Indian boy who was kidnapped from his family and sold through corrupt adoption agencies and other intermediaries to an American family. Carney was the first individual to contact the family in the United States and engaged on a personal level with both the family and the story.
Fassihi was nominated for her coverage of the crisis following the elections in Iran. Despite the fact that she was covering news in an emotionally charged and dangerous environment, she was able to add a human element to her reporting. The Payne judges recognized the risk of reporting this news to tell compelling human stories of the crisis in Iran.
Tom Bivins, John L. Hulteng Chair of Media Ethics, said: "[The goal of the Payne Awards] is to recognize not just good journalism, but good journalism that contains an ethical component along with an indication of active ethical decision making. It's not just about doing the right thing. It's about recognizing that there is an ethical problem and working conscientiously through the process."
Winners can be selected for one of three categories: News Organization, Individual and Collegiate Media. Winners are not necessarily awarded in every category each year.
A panel of judges including members of both the press and academia present the award annually to journalists who exemplify ethical reporting practices. Since 1999, the award has recognized journalists throughout the nation who inspire public trust in the media by demonstrating integrity in their journalistic practices.
Judges for the 2010 Payne Awards were University of Oregon Professor Tom Bivins; Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor of The Oregonian; Joann Byrd, retired Editorial page Editor for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Everette Dennis, Professor/Area Chair for Communications and Media Management and Director for the Center for Communications at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business; Mark Zusman, Editor of Willamette Week; and Tim Gleason, Edwin L. Artzt Dean and Professor at the University of Oregon.