American journalist, educator, and ethicist
Kelly B. McBride (born 1966)
[1] is an American writer, teacher and commentator on
media ethics .
Personal life
Kelly McBride earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1988 from the
University of Missouri School of Journalism, and a Master of Arts in religious studies in 2000 from
Gonzaga University ,
Spokane ,
Washington .
[2] She is a mother and is divorced.
[3]
Career
McBride worked as a reporter in the Pacific Northwest for 15 years before joining the non-profit
Poynter Institute in
St. Petersburg, Florida .
[4]
Since 2002,
[5] she has published "Updates on ethical decision-making in newsrooms big and small" at poynter.org.
[6] As vice president of the Academic Programs of Poynter Institute, she also serves on Poynter's board of trustees.
[7] At Poynter she has headed the Ethics Department and the Reporting, Writing and Editing Department, and has directed Poynter's Sense-Making Project, an initiative exploring changes in
journalism , from "a profession for a few to a civic obligation of many",
[8] including the
Fifth Estate and effects of
technology on
democracy .
In April 2020, she became
National Public Radio 's public editor through a partnership with
NPR and
Poynter
[9]
Publications
Books
McBride co-edited The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century , featuring 14 essays and a new code of ethics for journalists.
[10]
In March 2014, she authored A Practical Approach to Journalism Ethics for the
Bureau of International Information Programs of the
United States Department of State .
[11]
Selected articles
News sites including
The New York Times ,
[12]
Washington Post ,
[13]
CNN ,
[14]
NPR
[15] and the
BBC
[16] have quoted McBride's advice on journalistic ethics and have published her essays.
"When It's O.K. to Pay for a Story" (2015)
[12]
"How Should NPR Cover Itself?" (2009)
[15]
"Pubmedia leaders should seek 'creative ways' to explore country's deep divisions" (2009)
[17] (commissioned by Editorial Integrity for Public Media: Principles, Policies, Practices)
[18]
"Rethinking rape coverage – Should anonymity be absolute" (2002)
[19]
References
^
"U.S. Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 1" . ancestry.com . Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
^
"Poynter Online. Kelly McBride" . Poynter.org . February 19, 2008. Archived from
the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
^ Kelly McBride,
Art Caplan , Craig Kopp (September 26, 2018).
Lawns (podcast). NPR. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
^
"Kelly McBride" . Poynter . Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
^ McBride, Kelly (9 January 2002).
"Ethics Essays" . poynter.org . Archived from
the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2017 .
^ Mcbride, Kelly (15 July 2008).
"Everyday Ethics" . poynter.org . Archived from
the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2017 .
^
"Poynter Names Kelly McBride to its Board of Trustees" . about.poynter.org . 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017 .
^
"McBride, Kelly – SAGE Publications Inc" . us.sagepub.com . 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017 .
^
"Kelly McBride" . NPR.org .
^ McBride, Kelly; Rosenstiel, Tom (30 July 2013).
The New Ethics of Journalism : Principles for the 21st Century . CQ Press.
ISBN
978-1-60426-561-3 .
^ McBride, Kelly (March 2014).
"A practical approach to journalism ethics" (PDF) . United States Department of State – Bureau of International Information Programs.
^
a
b Mcbride, Kelly (2015-06-09).
"When It's O.K. to Pay for a Story" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
^ Larimer, Sarah; Ohlheiser, Abby (December 4, 2015).
"Live broadcasts inside San Bernardino shooters' home unnerve experts" . Washington Post . Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
^ Gross, Doug (November 29, 2012).
"How a fake Google news story spread online - CNN.com" . CNN . Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
^
a
b Shepard, Alicia C. (April 1, 2009).
"How Should NPR Cover Itself?" . NPR.org . Retrieved 2017-02-09 .
^ Zurcher, Anthony (December 16, 2014).
"Sony hacks: Sorkin says media are 'morally treasonous' " . BBC News . Retrieved February 10, 2017 .
^ McBride, Kelly (5 December 2016).
"Pubmedia leaders should seek 'creative ways' to explore country's deep divisions" . Current . Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
^
"Editorial Integrity for Public Media" . publicmediaintegrity.org . Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
^ McBride, Kelly (20 November 2002).
"Quill: Rethinking rape coverage – Society of Professional Journalists" . www.spj.org . Retrieved 9 February 2017 .
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