UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist will present the annual Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics at 7 p.m. Feb. 26, in HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium.
Bill Marimow, editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, will present “Ethics in Journalism: In Theory, In Practice.” The session is free and open to the public.
Marimow has also been a top editor for National Public Radio (NPR) and The Baltimore Sun. When Marimow returned to the Inquirer in 2012, the newspaper reaffirmed its commitment to investigative journalism. He previously served as the editor from 2006 to 2010.
While a reporter at the Inquirer, Marimow earned a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1985 for uncovering abuse by Philadelphia K-9 police officers whose dogs mauled innocent, unarmed citizens. He and a partner earned the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 1978 for an investigation that revealed how Philadelphia homicide detectives beat statements out of witnesses.
During 11 years with the Sun as metropolitan editor, managing editor and editor, Marimow helped the newspaper earn three Pulitzer Prizes. While managing editor at NPR, the staff earned a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and an Investigative Reporter and Editors Award.
The Dr. N.N. Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics is supported by an endowment from Margaret L. Oweida in memory of her husband, the late Dr. N.N. Oweida, a surgeon from New Kensington.
Previous visitors for the lecture included Thomas Kunkel, former dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland; Keith Woods, dean of faculty, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies; Alex Jones, director, the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University; Michael Getler, ombudsman, The Washington Post; Michael Josephson, founder, the Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics; and Kevin Klose, NPR president emeritus.