For immediate release March 31, 2008

Media contact: Jacquie Lucy 410-869-7168

CCBC hosts its annual 'Ethics Week' celebration April 8-10, 2008

Baltimore County, Md. – The Community College of Baltimore County Humanities department in the School of Liberal Arts is sponsoring Ethics Week, April 8-10, on its three main campuses. This year’s topic, “The Ethics of Journalism,” examines ethical issues and pressures facing journalists working in all media.

CCBC Ethics Week programs, which are free and open to the public,are presented in partnership with the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics at the University of Baltimore.

April 8 – CCBC Dundalk
K Building Student Lounge, second floor
CCBC Dundalk, 7200 Sollers Point Road

11:15 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Reporting Iraq: Journalists’ Fight against Propaganda in a Censored War
Mike Hoyt, executive editor, Columbia Journalism Review and editor of a new book by the same name
Nancy A. Youssef, Pentagon correspondent for McClatchy News
Ethics and Photojournalism
Jed Kirschbaum, Baltimore Sun photographer and journalist

For information, call Amir Salehi at 410-285-9412 or Bill Barry at 410-285-9563.

April 9 – CCBC Catonsville
H Building, Room 308 A/B/C
CCBC Catonsville, 800 S. Rolling Road

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Fake News, Irony and the Way to Truth
Phil Seng, professor of Philosophy, UMBC

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Keeping Your Ethical Chin Up When it is Exposed by Fragmented Media
Richard Vatz, professor of Communication Studies, Towson University

For information, call Daniel Jenkins, Philosophy coordinator, at 410-455-7928.

April 10 –CCBC Essex
J Building Lecture Hall (J-137)
CCBC Essex,7201 Rossville Blvd.

12:45 – 2:10 p.m.
Ethics Day Keynote Spotlight Speaker – Don Rojas
The Ethics of Journalism
Don Rojas, internationally recognized journalist and political commentator, and founder of The Black World Today, the only Internet portal dedicated to serving the Black community worldwide.

For information, call CCBC Essex Office of Student Life at 410-780-6572.