Robert Steele

Robert Steele is a senior faculty member and leader of the ethics group at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL. He has taught ethics sessions in over 150 Poynter seminars since he joined the Institute in 1989. He also stays closely connected to newsrooms through his real-time coaching of journalists and news managers on ethics issues and by leading ethics workshops for over 50 newspapers, television stations and newspaper and broadcast groups. He’s frequently on the receiving end of the reporting process, having been interviewed hundreds of times as a source for broadcast, newspaper, magazine and online stories on journalism ethics. Steele has written articles, guidelines and case studies for a number of publications and for professional journalism organizations including ASNE, RTNDA, SPJ and NPPA. He spent a decade as a television reporter, executive producer and news director in Maine, Wisconsin and Iowa, and he hosted “Media Watch” on Maine Public Television. He holds a doctorate from the University of Iowa where he wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on journalism ethics. He also earned a Master’s degree from Syracuse University in television-radio and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from DePauw University.

		(727) 821-9494
		steele@poynter.org

Seminar speeches given by Robert Steele:

Covering Competitors, Covering Ourselves

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