Dr. Stephen J. A. Ward

James E. Burgess Professor of Journalism,

School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Project: Pleiades Promoter Project
GE³LS Research: Communicating Controversial Science [details]

In September 2008, Stephen Ward became the James E. Burgess Professor of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.   He is the former Director and Associate Professor of Journalism Ethics at the graduate School of Journalism, University of British Columbia. He is an award winning author and internationally recognized expert in journalism ethics.

His major work, The Invention of Journalism Ethics: The Path to Objectivity and Beyond , was published in 2005 by McGill-Queen's University Press and quickly became the standard reference work for journalism ethics and its history. The book won the 2005-2006 Harold Adams Innis Prize from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences for the best English-language scholarly book in the social sciences. Other writings on journalism ethics include papers, articles, and book reviews which have been published in periodicals such as the Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics , and Journalism Studies.

In 2005, Prof. Ward created "Journalism Ethics for the Global Citizen," the only web site to track and analyze ethical issues in journalism around the world at www.journalismethics.ca , Prof. Ward is Editor of "Global Journalism Ethics," an international Internet ethics forum at www.worldpressinstitute.org. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics ; a founding board member of the Canadian Journal of Media Studies and of the Routledge journal, Journalism Practice. He is chair of the Canadian Association of Journalists' Ethics Advisory Committee

He has 15 years' journalism experience as reporter, editor, and newsroom manager. From 1995 to 1998 he was The Canadian Press Bureau Chief in Vancouver; from 1990 to 1995 he was CP's only staff reporter in Europe. Based in London, he covered major events such as the (first) Gulf War, the Bosnian conflict, and the troubles in Northern Ireland.

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