Chris Harper, Setting Standards for Ethical Journalism and Mass Media

Chris Harper—novelist, journalist and journalism professor at Temple University—is a prominent voice in dialogues surrounding ethics, trends and skills associated with the media. Coming from a background of more than 20 years working in the field for the Associated Press in Chicago, Newsweek in Chicago, Washington and Beirut, ABC News in Cairo and Rome and 20/20, Chris applies his unique experiences everyday in the classroom to influence aspiring writers to attain the highest level of journalism excellence. During his turn at the helm of Temple University's Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, the program's cornerstone project, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, won the prestigious EPPY Award for best college journalism website. Chris has edited and authored multiple books and writes a weekly column on media ethics for The Washington Times. 

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Chris presenting on Philadelphia Neighborhoods while in Beirut, Lebanon.

Chris relocated to Rome after Anwar Sadat expelled him from Egypt: here he is pictured with Pope John Paul II while at his post with ABC News in Rome.

Chris reported from Jonestown, Guyana when while at his post with Newsweek. 

Chris interacts with one of his students in the Philadelphia Neighborhoods program.

Jack Lule, Incubating an Interdisciplinary, Global Approach to Education

Jack Lule is a professor and Chair of the Journalism and Communications department at Lehigh University, as well as the Director of the Global Studies and the Globalization and Social Change Initiative. His research focuses on globalization in the media, international communication, international news reporting, cultural and critical studies of news, online journalism and teaching with technology. He is the author of three books, Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism, Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, and Understanding Media and Culture. He has written over 50 scholarly articles and book chapters, journals and periodicals, and has contributed to reports on NPR, the BBC and other major news outlets. Since joining the Lehigh community in 1990, he has received four awards as an educator: the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Faculty Scholar Award from the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars and the Deming Lewis Faculty Award.

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