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The revelations of the #MeToo movement, digital disruption, declines in audience and readership, and lack of gender and racial diversity in news organizations are symptoms of a larger issue: the need for fostering ethical, effective leadership and management of news organizations. Our curriculum focuses on preparing journalists to be ethical, effective leaders and managers of news organizations and in this way equips news leaders to respond to and manage change and create news organizations where all can succeed.
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The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and Media Moody College of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin Communication & Leadership Moody College of Communication
This initiative emerged from a three-way partnership between the School of Journalism and Media and the Communication and Leadership Degree Program at the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin and the Center for Ethical Leadership in Media.

Curriculum Advisors

Dr. Kathleen McElroy

Dr. Kathleen McElroy

Director, School of Journalism and Media

Dr. Meme Drumwright

Dr. Meme Drumwright

Associate Professor and Director, Communication and Leadership Degree

Dr. Joe Cutbirth

Dr. Joe Cutbirth

Assistant Professor of Instruction, School of Journalism and Media and Communication and Leadership Degree

Dr. Jennifer Jones Barbour

Dr. Jennifer Jones Barbour

Associate Professor of Instruction and Associate Director, Communication and Leadership Degree

Emily Quigley

Emily Quigley

Associate Director, Moody Writing Support Program Lecturer, School of Journalism and Media

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The Center for Ethical Leadership in the Media is restoring the news industry to a place where people are freed to do their best work, and the most qualified rise on their merits. We do this by fostering systemic change in the workplace by equipping media leaders, empowering newsroom employees, and educating aspiring journalists to address harassment and workplace rights, analyzing the leadership pipeline for women in news, and helping newsrooms across the country adapt to the future of work.
Carolyn McGourty Supple

Carolyn McGourty Supple

Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Ethical Leadership in Media, Visiting Professor of Communication and Leadership, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin

The “Curriculum for Ethical Leadership in News” was made possible by support from:

Cara Biasucci
Creator and director, View Ethics Unwrapped Webpage, Center for Leadership and Ethics, McCombs School of Business, UT Austin

Robert Prentice
Faculty director, View Ethics Unwrapped Webpage, Center for Leadership and Ethics, McCombs School of Business, UT Austin

Mary Gentile
Creator and director, View Giving Voice to Values webpage, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

View Dow Jones Foundation website

View Craig Newmark Foundation Website

Dr. Jay Bernhardt
Dean, View Moody College of Communication Website

Mark Rogers
Senior media support technician, View Moody College of Communication Website

Keefe Boerner
Assistant director, production services, View Moody College of Communication Website

Student interns:
Chloe Bertrand
Mizelle Mayo
Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb