This week the Center, and indeed all of community journalism, lost a friend and mentor.
Phil Record, long-time Star-Telegram editor and ombudsman and for the past decade professional in residence in journalism ethics at the Schieffer School, died of a heart attack Sunday evening. Phil was a consultant in ethics for the Center and had spoken at several workshops and answered queries in our Ask an Expert service.
Phil represented the best of what it means to serve our readers. He was committed to honesty, fairness, accuracy, and the highest standards of ethics in our profession.
He will be missed at the Center, but he will also be missed by all newspeople everywhere who relied on his wise advice and his insights on difficult ethical dilemmas.
