By David Gordon, associate editor Race and a presidential primary season with few precedents were featured topics Wednesday night at a lively panel discussion that started by focusing on how news media have covered the candidates’ views on minority groups but ranged into many related areas. Panelists were Steven Majstorovic, a UW-Eau Claire political science professor; […]
UW-EC panel to discuss media coverage of presidential candidates’ views on minorities
Media coverage of presidential candidates’ views on minority groups will be the focus of a panel discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Wednesday evening (April 27). The program, at 7 p.m. in Room 101 in Hibbard Humanities Hall, is free and open to the general public. It is organized and sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire campus chapter of […]
A behind-the-pages look at questions that needed answers before posting the WCIJ story
By David Gordon, Associate Editor Chippewa Valley Post Our current lead story (http://cvpost.org/12734-2/), by Dee J. Hall at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ), raised several practical and ethical concerns that had to be satisfied before we decided to publish it. In the interest of transparency, here’s a brief look at what went into that decision. […]