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HOME : POYNTER SEMINARS & INFO : FACULTY : ALY COLÓN
Aly Colón
Ethics Faculty
acolon@poynter.org

Explains the ethical decision-making process and its importance in addressing news coverage issues. Examines the journalistic principles and ethics involved in covering diverse groups of people. Provides practical tools and strategies for making connections with those often ignored by the news media. Explores the coverage of differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, abilities.

Diversity reporter and coach, assistant metro editor, The Seattle Times; also worked at The Herald (Everett, Wash.), The Oakland Press (Pontiac, Mich.), and Fairchild News Service (Seattle, Wash.); fellowships include: Knight-Bagehot, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, 1983; National Endowment for the Humanities in ethics, 1981; Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, in race 1992, in health care 1993; Atlantik-Bruke on German politics and culture, 1989; Robert Bosch Fellowship on European Unity and German reunification, 1992. B.A., journalism, Loyola University; M.A., journalism, Stanford University.

 Online Articles
Why Faith Matters
Taking it Back
In the Aftermath: Covering Business
Q&A: Avoiding Bias
Accuracy and Arabs
Poynter Report, Fall 2001 issue
Poynter Report, Fall 2000 issue
Making Connections
Reframing the Elian Gonzalez Coverage
Virtually There: One Teacher's Lessons in Cyberspace
Honeymoon Underway for Tampa's Media Marriage
Settling into a New Marriage
When Money and Ethics Collide Online
Shining a Spotlight on Ethics in Decision-Making Tipsheet:The 5 W's of Journalism from a Diverse Perspective
Making Connections: A Strategy for Connecting with Diverse Communities
Musing on the Millennium
Race: Reality vs. Symbolism in San Diego
Ethics Above All Else
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