Bob Steele is the director of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University, in Greencastle, Ind., and is the Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism Values at The Poynter Institute.

As Poynter faculty, he taught hundreds of workshops and thousands of journalists and media leaders. He’s also led ethics and values sessions for nearly 100 news organizations across the country including newspapers, television stations, and broadcast and newspaper groups.

He is the co-author of "Doing Ethics in Journalism," published by the Society of Professional Journalists, and he has authored articles, case studies and handbooks for the American Society of News Editors, the Radio-Television Digital News Association and other professional organizations and academic journals. Steele has 10 years' experience as reporter, executive producer, news director for local television stations in Bangor, Maine, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

From 1999-2006, Steele and Al Tompkins co-authored four editions of the Radio Television Digital News Association's Newsroom Ethics workbook and tape series, which was presented in workshops in 26 U.S. cities.

He earned his doctorate from the University of Iowa, writing his dissertation on journalism ethics. He also received a master's in television-radio from Syracuse University and a bachelor's in economics from DePauw University.

He is the recipient of an honorary doctor of journalism from DePauw University in 2007 and an honorary doctor of humane letters from Emerson College in Boston in 2006. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969-1972, including 10 months as a Signal Corps officer in Vietnam.