Project on Ethics in Political Communication
Fall Update
September, 2021
We hope everyone is navigating the sort of post-COVID (but not really) world and politics that seems more committed to bad theater than it is to good public policy. In the midst of it all, we keep making the case for more ethical political communication.
Here is some of what we’ve been up to and what we have planned.
Event: Ethics and Email Fundraising
Join us on Tuesday, October 19th from 11:00 - noon (ET) to talk about ethics and email fundraising with Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times, Democratic digital and fundraising specialist Mike Nellis, and Republican digital and campaign entrepreneur Eric Wilson. The conversation will be moderated by George Washington University political scientist Professor Andrew Thompson.
Details and registration are here.
Other recent news worth noting…
Project Director Peter Loge was quoted in Goldmacher’s major New York Times story on fundraising ethics.
We re-launched our Five Questions series with input from a recent college grad, a veteran educator, a Democratic fundraiser, and more. Want to weigh in? Let me know.
After several semesters as a Selected Topics course, Political Communication Ethics is on the books at The George Washington University. GW is one of the only - maybe the only - school in the US to list this class in its bulletin.
Other recent press includes an interview with Communication Intelligence about ethics in political communication and Business Insider about email fundraising ethics.
There’s More to Come
We are working on more case studies with the Media Ethics Initiative at UT Austin, are planning more events, are doing more media outreach, leading more talks, and writing more writing.
Have an idea, want to schedule a talk or write for our blog? Let us know.
You can keep up with all our goings-on on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Tell your friends.
Thank you as always for your support,
Peter
Peter Loge
Director
ploge@gwu.edu