Good morning and welcome to the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Gathered this morning are about 25 editors, journalists, researchers, academics and citizens for a two-day forum entitled: "PUblic Trust Through PUblic Engagement." This journalism ethics-and-values forum was organized by the American Society of News Editors and the Reynolds institute (RJI).

I'm Bill Densmore, a fellow at RJI and I'll be your host and moderator today of this "CoverItLive" session. We'll be streaming video of our discussions from the Fred W. Smith Forum here in Columbia, Mo., and you can passive watch that from the RJI website: http://rji.missouri.edu/flash-server/stories/live-stream/index.php

Or, by staying on this page, http://asne.org/EthicsForumLive
. . . you can watch both the video stream and our running commentary.

YOU CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DISCUSSION.

Use Twitter. Post to Twitter as you always might, use use the hashtag #talkethics