Kelly McBride

Kelly McBride
McBride in 2019
Born1966 (age 58–59)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Missouri School of Journalism
Gonzaga University (MA)
Occupation(s)Writer, teacher
Known forMedia ethics

Kelly B. McBride (born 1966)[1] is an American writer, teacher and commentator on media ethics.

Personal life

Kelly McBride earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1988 from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and a Master of Arts in religious studies in 2000 from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.[2] She is a mother and is divorced.[3]

Career

McBride worked as a reporter in the Pacific Northwest for 15 years before joining the non-profit Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.[4]

Since 2002,[5] she has published "Updates on ethical decision-making in newsrooms big and small" at poynter.org.[6] As vice president of the Academic Programs of Poynter Institute, she also serves on Poynter's board of trustees.[7] At Poynter she has headed the Ethics Department and the Reporting, Writing and Editing Department, and has directed Poynter's Sense-Making Project, an initiative exploring changes in journalism, from "a profession for a few to a civic obligation of many",[8] including the Fifth Estate and effects of technology on democracy.

In April 2020, she became National Public Radio's public editor through a partnership with NPR and Poynter[9]

Publications

Books

McBride co-edited The New Ethics of Journalism: Principles for the 21st Century, featuring 14 essays and a new code of ethics for journalists.[10]

In March 2014, she authored A Practical Approach to Journalism Ethics for the Bureau of International Information Programs of the United States Department of State.[11]

Selected articles

News sites including The New York Times,[12] Washington Post,[13] CNN,[14] NPR[15] and the BBC[16] have quoted McBride's advice on journalistic ethics and have published her essays.

  • "When It's O.K. to Pay for a Story" (2015)[12]
  • "How Should NPR Cover Itself?" (2009)[15]
  • "Pubmedia leaders should seek 'creative ways' to explore country's deep divisions" (2009)[17] (commissioned by Editorial Integrity for Public Media: Principles, Policies, Practices)[18]
  • "Rethinking rape coverage – Should anonymity be absolute" (2002)[19]

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 1". ancestry.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Poynter Online. Kelly McBride". Poynter.org. February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Kelly McBride, Art Caplan, Craig Kopp (September 26, 2018). Lawns (podcast). NPR. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Kelly McBride". Poynter. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  5. ^ McBride, Kelly (9 January 2002). "Ethics Essays". poynter.org. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. ^ Mcbride, Kelly (15 July 2008). "Everyday Ethics". poynter.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Poynter Names Kelly McBride to its Board of Trustees". about.poynter.org. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. ^ "McBride, Kelly – SAGE Publications Inc". us.sagepub.com. 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Kelly McBride". NPR.org.
  10. ^ McBride, Kelly; Rosenstiel, Tom (30 July 2013). The New Ethics of Journalism : Principles for the 21st Century. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-60426-561-3.
  11. ^ McBride, Kelly (March 2014). "A practical approach to journalism ethics" (PDF). United States Department of State – Bureau of International Information Programs.
  12. ^ a b Mcbride, Kelly (2015-06-09). "When It's O.K. to Pay for a Story". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  13. ^ Larimer, Sarah; Ohlheiser, Abby (December 4, 2015). "Live broadcasts inside San Bernardino shooters' home unnerve experts". Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  14. ^ Gross, Doug (November 29, 2012). "How a fake Google news story spread online - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Shepard, Alicia C. (April 1, 2009). "How Should NPR Cover Itself?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  16. ^ Zurcher, Anthony (December 16, 2014). "Sony hacks: Sorkin says media are 'morally treasonous'". BBC News. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  17. ^ McBride, Kelly (5 December 2016). "Pubmedia leaders should seek 'creative ways' to explore country's deep divisions". Current. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  18. ^ "Editorial Integrity for Public Media". publicmediaintegrity.org. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  19. ^ McBride, Kelly (20 November 2002). "Quill: Rethinking rape coverage – Society of Professional Journalists". www.spj.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.