Jay Black

Jay Black is Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics, Emeritus, at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and has authored or edited ten volumes. He was named co-winner of the first Freedom Forum Journalism Teacher of the Year award in 1997. Chris Roberts is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama. He started his media career working for newspapers and radio stations in his hometown of Anniston, Alabama, before...See more

Jay Black is Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics, Emeritus, at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and has authored or edited ten volumes. He was named co-winner of the first Freedom Forum Journalism Teacher of the Year award in 1997. Chris Roberts is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama. He started his media career working for newspapers and radio stations in his hometown of Anniston, Alabama, before becoming a full-time reporter and editor for newspapers in Birmingham, Ala., and Columbia, S.C. See less