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Professional Standards and Ethics Committee Roster

The Professional Standards and Ethics Committee's purpose is to encourage the use of the Society's Code of Ethics, which promotes the highest professional standards for journalists of all disciplines. Public concerns are often answered by this committee. It also acts as a spotter for reporting trends in the nation, accumulating case studies of jobs well done under trying circumstances.

Professional Standards and Ethics Committee Chair

Fred Brown
Retired Denver Post journalist, University of Denver educator
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Chris Roberts, vice chair
Associate professor, University of Alabama
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Professional Standards and Ethics Committee Members

Dan Axelrod
Director of Communication & Media Studies Dept. & Asstistant Professor of Communication, St. Thomas University
@dan_axelrod
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Mitch Blacher
Investigative reporter, WJLA Washington, D.C.
@mitchreports
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Alex Boos
Executive producer, CBS News Detroit
@AlexAguilarBoos
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Elizabeth Donald
Freelance journalist and author, member of 2014 Ethics Code Revision committee
@edonald
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Erin Garza
Assistant news director, CBS Austin
@thetexaserin
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Danielle McLean
Freelance journalist, former SPJ Ethics Committee chair
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Beth Potter
Former newspaper publisher, teaching at University of Colorado
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Claire Regan
2022-23 SPJ national president, freelance journalist
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Andy Schotz
Editor, Frederick (Md.) News-Post
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Cheryl Smith
Publisher/editor, I Messenger Media, Dallas
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Dylan Smith
Editor and publisher, Tucson Sentinel
@DSmith_Tucson
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Celia Wexler
Non-fiction author, freelance journalist and editor
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Eric Wishart
Hong Kong-based standard and ethics editor, Agence France-Presse
@EricWishart
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