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Tom Patterson Emerald New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Nicholas D. Kristof signs copies of his book, “Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia,” co-written with Sheryl WuDunn. Speaker addresses journalistic ethics ■ Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times speaks at the annual Ruhl Lecture By Hank Hager Oregon Daily Emerald Ethical issues facing today’s jour nalists, especially those living abroad, are changing and some times can become blurred, said Nicholas Kristof, associate manag ing editor for The New York Times. More than 200 people packed the Alumni Lounge at Gerlinger Hall to hear the former Pulitzer Prize win ner speak at the 2001 Ruhl Lecture, an annual public speech sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication. Kristof’s speech, “Spies, Wars and Massacres: The Ethical Dilemmas of a Foreign Cor respondent,” focused on his life as a journalist in China and some of the many ethical issues he has faced. “One of my messages is that what we traditionally think about jour nalism ethics is not what we think of when we go abroad,” he said. Kristof, who was the Beijing bu reau chief for The New York Times from 1988 to 1993, said the para mount effort for journalists is to tell the truth. But in a foreign country, he said, the rules can sometimes be different. “One of the essential modern principles of journalism is that if someone says something negative about someone, you want to get it on record,” he said. After an instance when a South Korean source was arrested, Kristof said he becam’e less likely to use specific sources for his story. Kristof said it became a moral dilemma for him whether to use sources who could be incarcerated for what they told him. Kristof has also faced situations concerning ethical means in his home country. During the 2000 presidential elections in the United States, Kristof wrote a biographical series about then-presidential hopeful George W. Bush. During a conversa tion with Carl Rove, Bush’s political strategist, he accidentally taped a discussion between Rove and Bush. Kristof said he did not use the in formation from the discussion be cause he thought it would be a breach of ethics. But, he said, he might have if there had been sub stantial information on the tape. “If they had talked about bugging Watergate, or doing dirty tricks to Al Gore, I may have felt differently,” he said. Tim Gleason, dean of the School of Journalism and Communication, said Kristof was a wise choice to speak at the University because of his life as a journalist. Kristof’s “experience makes him suited to discuss the ethical views of a foreign correspondent,” he said. Kristof, who currently oversees the Sunday edition of The New York Times, won the Pulitzer Prize award in 1990, along with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, for their coverage of the Tiananmen Square democra cy movement in China. They are the only married couple to jointly win the award. University President Dave Frohn mayer said he hopes those in atten dance left with an understanding that judgments about ethical mat ters are not easy. “The search for one universal principle to answer every question is very elusive, especially when the stakes are very high,” he said. r All Ways Travel" 1200 High St. ]338-4199 ^Student Travel Experts Be cool... Moke a better world. RECYCLE! ay rang mm) Short Comedies by Christopher Durang Arena Theatre May 9, 10, 11, 12 18, 19 THEATRE A Second Season Production Profesapr Alley, a professor in the Robert D. Clark Honors College, is a recipient of the University of Oregon Faculty Achievement Award for * Distinguished Teaching. 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