With social media, blogging and other challenges and opportunities of the digital age, journalists face new ethical situations. The American Press Institute, with a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, has developed a seminar to guide journalists through these unfamiliar waters. The seminar tackles real-life situations and explains how to apply the time-tested values of journalism in today's fast-changing world. Hear Steve Buttry at http://jrnethics.wordpress.com/

COST: FREE! You can attend one 90-minute workshop or all four

FEATURING Steve Buttry, the C3 Innovation Coach at Gazette Communications. Buttry is a former editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and former Omaha World-Herald reporter.

SCHEDULE

8-8:30 a.m. coffee and rolls

8:30-10 a.m. Social Networks -- How do you vet sources through Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social networks? What guidelines should you follow on using photographs from social-networking sites? What about your staff's personal content on these sites?

10-15-11:45 a.m. Blogging -- What guidelines should reporters have as they blog? What rules should your staff follow in citing material from blogs? What guidelines should you have for community blogs on your site or for comments on blogs? What about your staff's personal blogs?

11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30-3 p.m. Breaking News -- How do traditional standards change when you're covering breaking news online as it is developing? What are your standards for accuracy and fairness? How do you stay first with the news while guarding against false reports? How do you correct errors? When does fairness require a response before publishing online?

3:15-4:45 p.m. Visual Journalism -- How should your staff handle issues such as digital manipulation of photos and videos? What about virtual reality, computer animations and simulations, or use of sound effects in videos, podcasts and audio slide shows?

The seminar is sponsored by the Nebraska Press Association Foundation, the American Press Institute, the Ethics & Excellence Journalism Foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

The CoJMC is hosting Lincoln area high school journalists Friday, Nov. 6, from 1:15 to 3:30 p.m.

SCHEDULE:

1:15 p.m. Welcome; Your Publication Can Save the World (room 15)

Scott Winter and Kate Stevenson

1:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Graphics (room 335) -- Tim Anderson and Katie Stearns

Photos (room 15) -- Bruce Thorson and Travis Beck

Story Ideas (room 109) -- Joe Starita and Shannon Smith

Publication Critiques (room 120) -- DN editors

2 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Marketing Publications (room 335) -- Amy Struthers and Carly Schnell

Moving to the Internet (room 15) -- DN Web editor and ABC News On Campus correspondent

Covering Sports (room 109) -- Scott Winter

Publication critiques (room 120) -- DN editors

2:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Editorial (room 335) -- Scott Winter and Kay Kemmet

Leads to Suck You In (room 109) -- Joe Weber and Astrid Munn

Careers in Journalism (room 15) -- Charlyne Berens and Amy Struthers

Publication critiques (room 120) -- DN editors

3 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS

3:15 p.m. Student-led tours of Andersen Hall

From the exhibit by Bruce Thorson, Patrick Breen, Kyle Bruggeman and Clay Lomneth. ...

June 25, 2009, Arapahoe, Neb.--"I've been broken twice in my lifetime," said Alton Bossung, 70. "I had to crawl on my hands and knees but I came back," he said as he mowed his front yard Thursday evening as the weather cooled. In the background is Faw's Garage, a Chrysler, Plymouth and Dodge truck dealership. Faw's is losing its Chrysler Dodge franchise, but it will not be closing. Calvin Faw will continue to keep the garage open for vehicle repairs and to sell other vehicles. Bossung, who farmed for about 30 years, has worked the last six years for Cargill, dealing in fertilizer and grain. About the economy and its effects in Arapahoe, "We don't notice it right now in these smaller towns. Cargill has had the best year it ever had," he said as he chuckled a little.

The exhibit will be on display through December 13.

The museum is free and open to visitors.

For more information, call (402) 472-6220.

Great Plains Art Museum Web site: www.unl.edu/plains

See the official documentary blog: http://unlphotojournalism.blogspot.com/