{"id":141910,"date":"2021-05-19T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T01:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=141910"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:58:49","slug":"international-media-ethics-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/international-media-ethics-award\/","title":{"rendered":"International media ethics teaching award for UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa professor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Ann Auman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa journalism<\/a> professor with more than 30 years of teaching experience has been internationally recognized for outstanding classroom teaching in media ethics. Professor Ann Auman<\/strong> is the winner of the 2021 Teaching Excellence Award in the Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication<\/a>. The award will be formally presented to Auman at the Media Ethics Division members\u2019 meeting on July 28.<\/p>\n

The award committee was impressed by Auman\u2019s work, “incorporating Indigenous values and ethics in a cross-cultural media ethics course and classroom.” Auman\u2019s ethics courses are Communications\/Journalism 460: Media Ethics and Communications 691: Emergent Media Ethics Across Cultures: Truth-Seeking in the Global, Digital Age.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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<\/em>; “The Hawaiian Way: How Kuleana can Improve Journalism” in the Handbook of Global Media Ethics<\/em>; and “Ethics Without Borders in a Digital Age” in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Auman is director of the Carol Burnett Fund for Responsible Journalism at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa 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<\/abbr> in political science and an MA<\/abbr> in Asian Studies from UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, and an MBA<\/abbr> and BA<\/abbr> in Chinese Studies from the University of Toronto. Auman previously worked as a journalist in Canada with the Toronto Star<\/em> and Global TV.<\/p>\n

The UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa journalism program is housed in the School of Communications<\/a> in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This recognition is an example of UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goals of Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), two of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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