A University of 撸sir视频ʻi at 撸sir视频 professor with more than 30 years of teaching experience has been internationally recognized for outstanding classroom teaching in media ethics. Professor Ann Auman is the winner of the 2021 Teaching Excellence Award in the Media Ethics Division of the . The award will be formally presented to Auman at the Media Ethics Division members’ meeting on July 28.
The award committee was impressed by Auman’s work, “incorporating Indigenous values and ethics in a cross-cultural media ethics course and classroom.” Auman’s ethics courses are Communications/Journalism 460: Media Ethics and Communications 691: Emergent Media Ethics Across Cultures: Truth-Seeking in the Global, Digital Age.
“I believe that journalism can be improved if we honor Indigenous values, culture and language in storytelling. Western-based ethics codes and practices need to be reformed, and more Indigenous people should tell their own stories,” Auman said. “Everyone should practice media ethics, not just journalists. In this disinformation age we are empowered if we learn how to distinguish the truth from falsehood and deception, and be ethical producers and consumers of news and information.”
Auman also teaches courses in news literacy and multimedia journalism. Her research is in cross-cultural media ethics with a focus on Indigenous media ethics. Auman’s recent published works include, “Traditional Knowledge for Ethical Reporting on Indigenous Communities: A Cultural Compass for Social Justice” in Ethical Space: The International Journal of Media Ethics; “The 撸sir视频ian Way: How Kuleana can Improve Journalism” in the Handbook of Global Media Ethics; and “Ethics Without Borders in a Digital Age” in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator.
Auman is director of the Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism at 撸sir视频 撸sir视频 and is secretary of the East-West Center Association. She grew up in Hong Kong, and has also worked and lived in Canada, China, France and Switzerland. She earned a PhD in political science and an MA in Asian Studies from 撸sir视频 撸sir视频, and an MBA and BA in Chinese Studies from the University of Toronto. Auman previously worked as a journalist in Canada with the Toronto Star and Global TV.
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