SANFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY at Duke University

The DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy, in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, holds as a central component of its mission placing the knowledge created by its faculty and students in service to society. Through teaching, research and policy outreach, the Center responds to opportunities and challenges facing the media and our democracy today.

Events & Awards

Events & Awards

The Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism

The Ewing Lecture is delivered annually by an invited guest lecturer on media ethics.

Futrell Award for Outstanding Achievement in Communications and Journalism

The Futrell Award is presented annually to a Duke University alumnus for outstanding achievement in the field of communications and journalism.

Melcher Family Award for Excellence in Journalism

The Melcher Award annually recognizes an undergraduate writer at Duke University for the best journalistic piece produced in the previous year.

John Fisher Zeidman Memorial Colloquium on Politics and the Press

The Zeidman Colloquium convenes panels comprising some of the most well-known journalists of our time to discuss the relationship between media and politics. The Zeidman Colloquium typcially is held biennially during election years and is open to the public.  The next Zeidman Colloquium will be held in the fall of 2010.

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