Here we just interact with each other. Steele, a published expert in media ethics, will also be speaking to TCU classes. Steele said his lecture could be educational for all students and faculty because journalism affects everyone. If it is failing in reality or even public perception, then our democracy fails. Steele is the leader of the Ethics Group at The Poynter Institute of St. Petersburg, Fla., a non-degree school that offers short courses in various aspects of media studies for those already in the media field.
Many newspapers send staff members there for advanced training.
Steele has also instructed more than 100 seminars at the institute and has conducted workshops on ethical decision-making at more than 40 newspaper offices and television stations. Tommy Thomason, chairman of the journalism department, said Steele was chosen because he leads the field in the study of media ethics. If you were to list the top three or four people in the media ethics field, Bob Steele would be on that list. Steele has conducted ethics workshops for radio, television and newspaper staff members and worked as a broadcast reporter. I'm sure he will look at some of the key ethical issues of today.